Philanthropy in England, 1480 - 1660: A Study of the Changing Patterns of English Social Aspirations

by W K Jordan

This study documents a momentous shift which occurred in men's aspirations for their society in the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The author has examined gifts and bequests left for charitable causes over a period of nearly two centuries. in ten English counties, in order to assess the changing pattern of social aspirations and observe the different 'velocities of change' among the several social classes.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415860210
• ISBN13: 9780415860215
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"