{"product_id":"england-in-the-1670s-this-masquerading-age-hardback-9780631192565","title":"England in the 1670s; This Masquerading Age (Hardback) 9780631192565","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEngland in the 1670s\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThis Masquerading Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Spurr (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631192565, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 September 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e369 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.5 cm, 0.626 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This latest volume of the \"Blackwell History of Early Modern England\" series is a most welcome addition ... A lively, engaging book that illuminates the wide-ranging preoccupations of the reign.\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book provides a very entertaining and persuasive illustration of the spirit of a particular age. It also explains, better than ever before, why the various publics of the time thought and reacted to events as they did, and so makes the political history of a notoriously confusing and opaque decade much easier to understand.\" \u003ci\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This work convincingly disputes the tendency to allow the 1670s to be overshadowed by the Popish Plot and the Exclusion crisis ... Spurr carefully places events in their historical context and avoids anachronism by emphasising the contemporary perception of events ... Spurr is judicious in his treatment of literature and consequently makes a particularly strong case for its reflection of period concerns.\" \u003ci\u003eEcclesiastical History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"John Spurr has written a wonderfully intriguing acount of the 1670s ... One could give the book to students in the hope that they learnt how, as well as what, to write.\" \u003ci\u003eAlbion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The broad scope of themes explored and the extensive use of contempary texts to illustrate his argument demonstarte the author's impressive grasp of the literature of the period.\" \u003ci\u003eWarren Johnston, University of Saskatchewan - Canadian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eEngland in the 1670s\u003c\/i\u003e provides a welcome introduction to the politics, war and religion of this tumultuous period in English history and paints a revealing and vibrant portrait of a society grappling with change.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote to the Reader.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: Masquerade and Interest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. 1670-2: So Bewitched a Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. 1672-4: Affairs Begin to Alter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. 1674-6: Nothing is to be Trusted to Good Nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Great Souls: Heroism, Wit and Masquerade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. England's Interest and Improvement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Surveying and Communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Tyrannic Love: Sex, Marriage and Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Politics, Piety and Toleration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. 1677-8: Mutinous Assemblies and Pickpocket Wars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. 1679-81: A Wasps' Nest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Remnants of the Old.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52316777611544,"sku":"9780631192565","price":108.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631192565.jpg?v=1781824718","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/england-in-the-1670s-this-masquerading-age-hardback-9780631192565","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}