The Memory of the People: Custom and Popular Senses of the Past in Early Modern England
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Did ordinary people in early modern England have any coherent sense of the past? Andy Wood's pioneering new book charts how popular memory generated a kind of usable past that legitimated claims to rights, space and resources. He explores the genesis of customary law in the medieval period; the politics of popular memory; local identities and traditions; gender and custom; literacy, orality and memory; landscape, space and memory; and the legacy of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521702593
ISBN13:9780521720670
Release Date:September 2013
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:412 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"
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