Enclosure stories: narratives from Northamptonshire
This paper rethinks and revises enclosure narratives, thickening the concept of enclosure by researching a particular place and period: the English Midland county of Northamptonshire in the period between the 16th and the 19th centuries. It argues that while many elements of the landscape were drama...
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| description | This paper rethinks and revises enclosure narratives, thickening the concept of enclosure by researching a particular place and period: the English Midland county of Northamptonshire in the period between the 16th and the 19th centuries. It argues that while many elements of the landscape were dramatically reshaped by enclosure, the parliamentary enclosures of the late 18th and early 19th centuries were nevertheless part of a much longer process of landscape change. The paper points to the complexities within enclosure thought and experience, drawing particular attention to individuals and groups – including female landowners, ordinary villagers and animals – too often entirely written out of the ‘enclosure story’. |
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| spelling | nottingham-21482020-05-04T20:21:57Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2148/ Enclosure stories: narratives from Northamptonshire McDonagh, Briony Daniels, Stephen This paper rethinks and revises enclosure narratives, thickening the concept of enclosure by researching a particular place and period: the English Midland county of Northamptonshire in the period between the 16th and the 19th centuries. It argues that while many elements of the landscape were dramatically reshaped by enclosure, the parliamentary enclosures of the late 18th and early 19th centuries were nevertheless part of a much longer process of landscape change. The paper points to the complexities within enclosure thought and experience, drawing particular attention to individuals and groups – including female landowners, ordinary villagers and animals – too often entirely written out of the ‘enclosure story’. Sage 2012-01 Article PeerReviewed McDonagh, Briony and Daniels, Stephen (2012) Enclosure stories: narratives from Northamptonshire. Cultural Geographies, 19 (1). pp. 107-121. ISSN 1474-4740 enclosure improvement landscape narrative riot women vermin http://cgj.sagepub.com/content/19/1/107 doi:10.1177/1474474011427361 doi:10.1177/1474474011427361 |
| spellingShingle | enclosure improvement landscape narrative riot women vermin McDonagh, Briony Daniels, Stephen Enclosure stories: narratives from Northamptonshire |
| title | Enclosure stories: narratives from Northamptonshire |
| title_full | Enclosure stories: narratives from Northamptonshire |
| title_fullStr | Enclosure stories: narratives from Northamptonshire |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enclosure stories: narratives from Northamptonshire |
| title_short | Enclosure stories: narratives from Northamptonshire |
| title_sort | enclosure stories: narratives from northamptonshire |
| topic | enclosure improvement landscape narrative riot women vermin |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2148/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2148/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2148/ |