An Open Elite?: England 1540-1880

by Lawrence Stone, Jeanne C. Fawtier Stone, Jeanne C. Stone

Book Overview

Covering a period of three and a half centuries between two great upheavals in landed society--the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Agricultural Depression--this highly-acclaimed study examines the traditional view that for centuries English landed society has been open to infiltration by families made newly rich through trade, office, or the professions. The Stones focus on the landed elite of Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, and the Northumberland...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192851497
• ISBN13: 9780192851499
• Release Date: March 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"