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The world of the country house in seventeenth-century England
- 作者: Cliffe, J. T.
- 出版: New Haven :London : Yale University Press 1999.
- 稽核項: viii, 232 p. :ill. (some col.), facsims., geneal table, map, ports. ;27 cm.
- 標題: Social life and customs , England Social life and customs -- 17th century. , England , Country life England -- History -- 17th century. , Gentry England -- History -- 17th century. , Land tenure , Landowners England -- History -- 17th century. , Social conditions , Gentry , Country life , Country homes England -- History -- 17th century. , Country homes , England Social conditions -- 17th century. , Landowners , Land tenure England -- History -- 17th century. , History
- ISBN: 0300076436 , 9780300076431
- 附註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 系統號: 005204238
- 資料類型: 圖書
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This engaging and beautifully illustrated book takes us back to the domestic world of the landed gentry in seventeenth-century England. Relating countless stories and case histories drawn from a wide range of primary sources, the book describes the physical environment, staffing, and functioning of gentry households, the inhabitants and their activities, and the role of these houses in the social and economic life of their localities. J. T. Cliffe begins by exploring the exterior and interior of houses and the outbuildings, parks, and gardens that surrounded them. He then investigates the people who lived in the country houses and the relationships between them. He provides colorful details about the responsibilities of the squire and his wife; the duties, remuneration, food, clothing, accommodation, and treatment of servants; and the special duties of estate stewards, coachmen, chaplains, and tutors. Cliffe explains various aspects of housekeeping, such as the tradition of hospitality and the factors militating against it. He also discusses other kinds of activity: religious practices; outdoor sports and indoor pastimes, including music and billiards; and such intellectual pursuits as antiquarian research, poetry, and scientific experiments. He concludes with a fascinating survey of scandal in the world of the gentry, telling of domestic strife, financial disaster, lunacy, and other disasters that marred this idyllic existence.
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