Reading and politics in early modern England: The mental world of a seventeenth-century Catholic gentleman

by Geoff Baker

Book Overview

This book examines the activities of William Blundell, a seventeenth-century Catholic gentleman, and using the approaches of the history of reading provides a detailed analysis of his mindset. The findings of the study challenge a historical determinism which removes Catholics from the mainstream of early-modern society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719091241
• ISBN13: 9780719091247
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"