An Anglican Aristocracy: The Moral Economy of the Landed Estate in Carmarthenshire 1832-1895

ISBN-13: 9780198205944 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 296 str.

Matthew Cragoe

Opis

This account of nineteenth-century Carmarthenshire emphasizes the social and political dominance of the Anglican and landowning nobility and gentry for much of the period. Matthew Cragoe explores the nature and public roles of a governing elite, arguing that their influence was not simply a function of their members' wealth or their control of local government and the administration of the law, but had a vital ideological dimension in the aristocracy's paternalistic ethic, which found powerful and practical expression in the 'moral economy' of the landed estate.

Recenzje

His detailed anlaysis of landowning and farming, his discussion of the paternalism exercised by the aristocracy in both local government and politics, and his fascinating reconstruction of the Anglican church under bishops Thirlwall and Jones make excellent reading ... he has raised searching questions about the supposed collapse of the group in the context of a rising tide of nonconformity.