The World of the Country House in Seventeenth-Century England

by J.T. Cliffe and John Trevor Cliffe

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.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300076436
• ISBN13: 9780300076431
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.9" x 10.4"