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Transforming English Rural Society - The Verneys and the Claydons, 1600-1820 (Hardcover)
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Transforming English Rural Society - The Verneys and the Claydons, 1600-1820 (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time
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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 family's rise to wealth impelled by a
strong dynastic imperative, Broad shows how the Verneys sought out
heiress marriages to expand wealth and income. In parallel, he
shows how the family managed its estates to maximize income and
transformed three local village communities, creating a pattern of
'open' and 'closed' villages familiar to nineteenth-century
commentators. Based on the formidable Verney family archive with
its abundant correspondence, this book also examines the world of
poor relief, farming families as well as strategies for estate
expansion and social enhancement. It will appeal to anyone
interested in the English countryside as a dynamic force in social
and economic history.
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