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  • Geoff Baker
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Reading and politics in early modern England
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Abstract

This chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the political and religious beliefs of William Blundell, a seventeenth-century Catholic gentleman in Lancashire, England. Blundell's surviving papers clearly demonstrate that he actively ensured his own survival and played a prominent part in local and national politics. This chapter suggests that Blundell's political culture was not solely defined by his recusancy and that his standing in the social order and his gender also had an impact on his worldview.

Abstract

This chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the political and religious beliefs of William Blundell, a seventeenth-century Catholic gentleman in Lancashire, England. Blundell's surviving papers clearly demonstrate that he actively ensured his own survival and played a prominent part in local and national politics. This chapter suggests that Blundell's political culture was not solely defined by his recusancy and that his standing in the social order and his gender also had an impact on his worldview.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front matter i
  2. Dedication v
  3. Contents vii
  4. Acknowledgements ix
  5. List of abbreviations xi
  6. Note on dates and style xiii
  7. Introduction 1
  8. Part I: Family, Friends and Connections
  9. 1 William Blundell’s family and friends 34
  10. 2 William Blundell and the wider world 76
  11. Part II: Reading and reflections
  12. 3 Reading and the construction of commonplaces 102
  13. 4 Reading the confessional divide 136
  14. 5 A Catholic approach to the world 171
  15. Conclusion 208
  16. Appendix 213
  17. Select bibliography 214
  18. Index 229
https://doi.org/10.7765/9781847792655.00015

Chapters in this book

  1. Front matter i
  2. Dedication v
  3. Contents vii
  4. Acknowledgements ix
  5. List of abbreviations xi
  6. Note on dates and style xiii
  7. Introduction 1
  8. Part I: Family, Friends and Connections
  9. 1 William Blundell’s family and friends 34
  10. 2 William Blundell and the wider world 76
  11. Part II: Reading and reflections
  12. 3 Reading and the construction of commonplaces 102
  13. 4 Reading the confessional divide 136
  14. 5 A Catholic approach to the world 171
  15. Conclusion 208
  16. Appendix 213
  17. Select bibliography 214
  18. Index 229
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