Transforming English Rural Society: The Verneys and the Claydons, 1600–1820
, by John BroadNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780521041980 | 0521041988
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/24/2007
John Broad explores the rise and fall of the Verney family of Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire, demonstrating the family's rise to wealth as motivated by a strong dynastic imperative. He reveals how the family managed its estates to maximize income and used its wealth to transform the Claydon villages and landscape, creating a pattern of "open" and "closed" parishes. Based on the formidable Verney family archive with its abundant correspondence, this book will appeal to anyone interested in the English countryside as a dynamic force in English social, economic and demographic history.