A comparative study of the impact of civil war on local political society in medieval and early modern Hampshire

This thesis of 65,903 words offers a comparative study examining the impact of civil war on local political society in medieval and early modern Hampshire, namely the Wars of the Roses (1450-85) and the English Civil Wars (1640-1660). The comparative methodology employed here seeks to detect both co...

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Main Author: Lynch, Lucy
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32373/
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description This thesis of 65,903 words offers a comparative study examining the impact of civil war on local political society in medieval and early modern Hampshire, namely the Wars of the Roses (1450-85) and the English Civil Wars (1640-1660). The comparative methodology employed here seeks to detect both contrasts and comparisons between the two periods with the intention of furthering our understanding of how civil war affected local society in pre-industrial England. In so doing, this thesis will explore the makeup of local society within Hampshire, discussing both the offices and the personnel who filled them; the relationships that existed between the local officers themselves and with central government, by examining concepts such as loyalty and allegiance (both to the locality and to central government), political and religious ideology and local independence. Primarily this thesis has drawn upon a large corpus of primary sources, much of which is drawn from the National Archives, including records of the King’s Bench, the Patent, Close and Fine Rolls, Pipe Rolls and the State Papers, as well as secondary literature for both the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, thereby drawing upon various debates and historiographical ideas surrounding these two periods. This thesis is divided into three sections: the first examines Hampshire’s local society during the fifteenth century; the second focuses on the seventeenth century; with the third drawing together their conclusions to explore where similarities and divergences are apparent between the two periods.
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spelling nottingham-323732025-02-28T13:24:20Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32373/ A comparative study of the impact of civil war on local political society in medieval and early modern Hampshire Lynch, Lucy This thesis of 65,903 words offers a comparative study examining the impact of civil war on local political society in medieval and early modern Hampshire, namely the Wars of the Roses (1450-85) and the English Civil Wars (1640-1660). The comparative methodology employed here seeks to detect both contrasts and comparisons between the two periods with the intention of furthering our understanding of how civil war affected local society in pre-industrial England. In so doing, this thesis will explore the makeup of local society within Hampshire, discussing both the offices and the personnel who filled them; the relationships that existed between the local officers themselves and with central government, by examining concepts such as loyalty and allegiance (both to the locality and to central government), political and religious ideology and local independence. Primarily this thesis has drawn upon a large corpus of primary sources, much of which is drawn from the National Archives, including records of the King’s Bench, the Patent, Close and Fine Rolls, Pipe Rolls and the State Papers, as well as secondary literature for both the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, thereby drawing upon various debates and historiographical ideas surrounding these two periods. This thesis is divided into three sections: the first examines Hampshire’s local society during the fifteenth century; the second focuses on the seventeenth century; with the third drawing together their conclusions to explore where similarities and divergences are apparent between the two periods. 2016-07-12 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32373/1/L.Lynch%20MPhil%20thesis.pdf Lynch, Lucy (2016) A comparative study of the impact of civil war on local political society in medieval and early modern Hampshire. MPhil thesis, University of Nottingham. Civil war Hampshire Medieval history Early modern history
spellingShingle Civil war
Hampshire
Medieval history
Early modern history
Lynch, Lucy
A comparative study of the impact of civil war on local political society in medieval and early modern Hampshire
title A comparative study of the impact of civil war on local political society in medieval and early modern Hampshire
title_full A comparative study of the impact of civil war on local political society in medieval and early modern Hampshire
title_fullStr A comparative study of the impact of civil war on local political society in medieval and early modern Hampshire
title_full_unstemmed A comparative study of the impact of civil war on local political society in medieval and early modern Hampshire
title_short A comparative study of the impact of civil war on local political society in medieval and early modern Hampshire
title_sort comparative study of the impact of civil war on local political society in medieval and early modern hampshire
topic Civil war
Hampshire
Medieval history
Early modern history
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32373/