Local history, with special reference to the leicester school of local history. Charles phythian adamss new book the first in a new series of leicester occasional papers is welcome and stimulating precisely because it raises important questions which are not usually asked, concerning the role of local history and the nature and definition of. Its demographic and economic decline is followed from the fifteenth century to a dramatic. Chapter 4 a possible societal framework in rethinking english local history phythian adams, charles, rethinking english local history leicester, 1987, ch. Re thinking english local history by charles phythianadams. The department had been founded in 1948, and that halfcentury of development was fully described in charles phythian adams.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read societies, cultures and kinship 15801850. Bedford square press for the standing conference for local history, 1975. Cultural provinces and english local history ebook written by charles phythian adams. The precursors of academic local history can be found in the antiquarian accounts of the english counties and towns which began with lambardes kent, carews cornwall and stows london in the 16th century, and burtons leicestershire and dugdales warwickshire in the 17th. Discover book depositorys huge selection of charles phythian adams books online. Charles phythianadams author of desolation of a city goodreads. Rethinking english local history by charles phythian adams. Available from the secretary of the friends of the centre for english local history. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. Charles phythian adams, author of a social history of england, 12001500, on librarything. Bedford square press for the standing conference for local history, 1975 ocolc891418684.
W g hoskins book, the making of the english landscape, had a dramatic effect, not. Coventry and the urban crisis of the late middle ages past and present publications 9780521226042 by phythian adams, charles and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Reconstructing local history, local historian november 1999. He indicates how much there is still to say about phythian adams theories of regions and borders, and at how many levels it may apply. The holy grail for academic local historians over the past 50 or so years has been the search for regions, a search conducted partly out of genuine interest, partly as a parallel to regional geography, and partly from motives of selfpreservation resulting from fears that local history conveyed the impression of being parochial and antiquarian. Centre for english local history university of leicester. Rethinking english local history university of northampton. Compiled and edited by margery tranter, ken hawker, john rowley and mike thompson. English villagers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries cambridge. In 1998 the department of english local history became the centre for english local history. Some reflections on anglosaxon england in the work of w. It is advocated by theeminent english historian charles phythian adams that england, through much of the last millennium, could be divided into regional societies. Studies in regional and local history, volume 7 even today, a traveller through england is soon aware of cultural differences, some of which are clearly visible in the landscape.
Local history, with special reference to the leicester school of local history chris dyer. Rethinking english local history occasional papers in english local history by charles phythianadams 1 edition first published in 1991 not in library. This book is a contribution to both national and local history. A further extension of this line of thinking has been charles phythianadamss. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. This is a work of meticulous scholarship, as one might expect from someone who studied under the painstaking scholarship of professors alan everitt and charles phythian adams. Charles phythianadams is the author of desolation of a city 3.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The text is a synthesis of modern continental historical scholarship, social anthropological and geographical techniques, and english medieval history. Reviewed by emily zack tabuteau department of history, michigan state. Phythianadams, charles people and organisations trove. Desolation of a city by charles phythian adams, 9780521525008, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. This is a work of meticulous scholarship, as one might expect from someone who studied under the painstaking scholarship of professors alan everitt and charles phythian adams at leicester universitys department of english local history. The early 1990s saw the address of charles phythianadams to the society. A new framework by charles phythian adams online at alibris. Societies, cultures and kinship, 15801850 cultural provinces and english local history by phythian adams, charles ed. Extracts from the original account books, 15641577, of the german miners, in the archives of augsburg.
A history and bibliography is a free bibliography of more recent publications of staff, students and friends of the centre from 1999 to 2008 compiled by mike thompson, pam fisher and. Its demographic and economic decline is followed from the fifteenth century to a dramatic period of shortterm crisis between 1518 and 1525. Charles vevers phythianadams born 28 july 1937 is a local historian and the former head of the centre for english local history at the university of leicester. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Rouses description of hoskins books on devon as being learned, graphic. Introduced by charles phythian adams friends of the department of english local history, 1999. Introduced by charles phythianadams friends of the department of english local history, 1999. Phythian adams, rethinking english local history, department of english local history occasional papers, fourth series, 1, leicester, 1987 p. Rethinking english local history occasional papers. Rethinking english local history occasional papers department of english local history charles phythian adams on. Coventry is taken as a richly documented casestudy of the crisis which marked the end. The quest for the peoples of england1 volume 2 issue 1 charles phythian adams. Charles phythianadams author of desolation of a city.
This resource is very relevant to your query score. Charles vevers phythian adams born 28 july 1937 is a local historian and the former head of the centre for english local history at the university of leicester of a gentry family, the eldest of three sons of rev. A lost frontier revealed university of hertfordshire press. If, like many americans, youre curious about your english past, and wish to know what your village, town, or county was like many years ago, or have an overriding desire to uncover the everyday lives of your ancestors, then the oxford companion to local and family history is the perfect book, an unrivalled new guide to investigating how we used to live before we came to the united states. Coventry is taken as a richly documented casestudy of the crisis which marked the end of the medieval period for many substantial towns. An agenda for english local history, in societies, cultures and kinship 15801850 leicester univ. W g hoskins, founder of the department of english local history. Included in the investigations are findings about the role of women in defining the sense of local community during the medieval period.
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