Widening Gate - Bristol and the Atlantic Economy, 1450-1700

"[A] remarkable study of Bristol."

--Lawrence Stone, Past and Present

 

"A major achievement, not least in its synthesis of the various spheres of history."

--Jonathan Barry, Times Higher Education Supplement

 

"[A] handsomely produced masterwork. . . . [It is] nothing less than an account of the local history of capitalism across three centuries, poised in the complex cultural setting of English provincial life. . . . Sacks skillfully open numerous vistas on the changing world of early modern England, and he puts all students of its culture and economy in his debt."

--Henry Roseveare, William and Mary Quarterly

 

"A well-written integration of economic, social, political, and religious themes. . . . This thoroughly researched, many faceted, and rewarding study is a model of modern scholarship unshackled from specialization."

--Ian K. Steele, American Historical Review

 

"A fascinating account of the transformation of Bristol from a small, medieval, commerical town to a major city dominating its region, 'an entrepot of early modern capitalism'"

--Joseph E. Bettey, International History Review

 

"[An] important book. Sacks shows in convincing detail how religion is mixed up with economics, foreign trade with sectarian religion, local with international politics."

--Christopher Hill, in The English Bible and the Seventeenth-Century Revolution

 

"No short summary can do justice to the intricacy of the argument or the scholarly labour that has gone into the book."

--K.G. Davies, Times Literary Supplement

About the author

David Harris Sacks is Associate Professor of History at Reed College. He is the author of Trade, Society, and Politics in Bristol, 1500 - 1640.

Summary

Bristol is the city that John Cabot sailed from and Thomas Chatterton dreamed, that Hugh Latimer preached to and Oliver Cromwell seized. This book looks at Bristol's connection with the rise of the Atlantic economy in the early modern period and the accompanying transformation of English economic ideas and practices.

Product details

• Authors: David H. Sacks, David Harris Sacks
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.1993
• EAN: 9780520084490
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08449-0
• No. of pages: 450
• Series: New Historicism; The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics; New Historicism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; England, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Economic history, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, European history: medieval period, middle ages, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval