Title: Society in Early Modern England
Description: The book traces the forgotten history of the phrase 'early modern' to its coinage as a category of historical analysis by the Victorians and considers when and why words like 'modern' and 'society' were first introduced into English in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In so doing it unpicks the connections between linguistic and social change and how the consequences of those processes still resonate today. --from publisher description.
Subjects: Great britain, social conditions, Civilization, modern, Great britain, civilization, England, social life and customs, Civilization, Social life and customs, Social conditions, Modern Civilization