Managing for Posterity - The Norfolk Gentry and Their Estates C.1450-1700

This volume offers new perspectives on the history of estate management, notably the role of women, the relationship with local communities, and sustainability in agriculture through the example of the Le Strange family, the longest surviving gentry family in Norfolk, still maintaining and prospering on their estate at Hunstanton after 700 years.

Info autore

Jane Whittle is Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Exeter and Series Editor of Studies in Regional and Local History for University of Hertfordshire Press. Elizabeth Griffiths was an honorary research fellow at University of Exeter and co-author, with Jane Whittle, of Consumption and Gender in the Early Seventeenth Century Household: The World of Alice Le Strange (OUP, 2012).

Riassunto

Securing the survival and status of the family has always been the principal concern of the English gentry. Central to that ambition has been the successful management of their landed estates. After 700 years the Le Stranges at Hunstanton are the longest surviving gentry family in Norfolk. This book presents new research into their success.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elizabeth Griffiths
• Con la collaborazione di: Jane Whittle (Editore)
• Editore: University of hertfordshire pr
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781912260454
• ISBN: 978-1-912260-45-4
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Studies in Regional and Local History; Studies in Regional and Local
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie