Transforming English rural society : the Verneys and the Claydons, 1600-1820 /
Between 1540 and 1920 the English elite transformed the countryside and landscape by building up landed estates which were concentrated around their country houses. John Broad's study of the Verney family of Middle Claydon in Buckinghamshire demonstrates two sides of that process. Charting the...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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Series: | Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ;
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Online Access: | CONNECT |