Negotiating Exclusion in Early Modern England, 1550-1800

Pullin, Naomi and Woods, Kathryn, eds. 2021. Negotiating Exclusion in Early Modern England, 1550-1800. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780367338862 [Edited Book]

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This edited volume examines how individuals and communities defined and negotiated the boundaries between inclusion and exclusion in England between 1550 and 1800. It aims to uncover how men, women, and children from a wide range of social and religious backgrounds experienced and enacted exclusion in their everyday lives.

Negotiating Exclusion takes a fresh and challenging look at early modern England’s distinctive cultures of exclusion under three broad themes: exclusion and social relations; the boundaries of community; and exclusions in ritual, law, and bureaucracy. The volume shows that exclusion was a central feature of everyday life and social relationships in this period. Its chapters also offer new insights into how the history of exclusion can be usefully investigated through different sources and innovative methodologies, and in relation to the experiences of people not traditionally defined as "marginal."

The book includes a comprehensive overview of the historiography of exclusion and chapters from leading scholars. This makes it an ideal introduction to exclusion for students and researchers of early modern English and European history. Due to its strong theoretical underpinnings, it will also appeal to modern historians and sociologists interested in themes of identity, inclusion, exclusion, and community.

Item Type:

Edited Book

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

History

Date:

9 March 2021

Item ID:

30685

Date Deposited:

18 Nov 2021 16:25

Last Modified:

18 Nov 2021 16:25

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/30685

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