{"product_id":"reading-and-politics-in-early-modern-england-the-mental-world-of-a-seventeenthcentury-catholic-gentleman-politics-culture-society-in-early-culture-and-society-in-early-modern-britain-9780719091247","title":"Reading and Politics in Early Modern England The","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the activities of William Blundell, a seventeenth-century Catholic gentleman, and using the approaches of the history of reading provides a detailed analysis of his mindset. The findings of the study challenge a historical determinism which removes Catholics from the mainstream of early-modern society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'a gripping, sensitive, and insightful account of its subject, which manages at once to enhance and to challenge many ideas found within the existing canon of “recusant history\".'\u003cbr\u003eGabriel Glickman, Journal of British Studies, Vol. 51 No. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Reading and Politics shines a light on a significant and under-used source, and it may be hoped that it will point the way for social and cultural historians to exploit the potential of the Blundell papers.'\u003cbr\u003eLucy Underwood, The Catholic Historical Review, vol. 99 (2)\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePart I:\u003cbr\u003e1. William Blundell’s family and friends\u003cbr\u003e2. William Blundell and the wider world\u003cbr\u003ePart II:\u003cbr\u003e3. Reading and the construction of commonplaces\u003cbr\u003e4. Reading the confessional divide in early modern England\u003cbr\u003e5. A Catholic approach to the world\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Map of Little Crosby and surrounding area\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037347479895,"sku":"9780719091247","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reading-and-politics-in-early-modern-england-the-mental-world-of-a-seventeenthcentury-catholic-gentleman-politics-culture-society-in-early-culture-and-society-in-early-modern-britain-9780719091247","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}