Welsh Gentry 1536-1640, The - Images of Status, Honour and Authority — Images of Status, Honour and Authority

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Mae'r astudiaeth gynhwysfawr hon o'r cyfnod rhwng sefydlu fframwaith Duduraidd weinyddol a'r Rhyfel Cartref yn cynnig arolwg cadarn a chyfareddol o agweddau, barn ac ymateb y bonedd i amodau gwleidyddol a chrefyddol y cyfnod.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

This stimulating and comprehensive study of the period between the establishment of the new Tudor administrative framework and the outbreak of the Civil War offers a well-grounded and fascinating survey of the attitudes, opinions and responses of the gentry to the political and religious circumstances in which they lived.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations Introduction Part One: CONCEPTS OF HONOUR AND AUTHORITY Chapter 1 The Gentry Order Chapter 2 Status and Reputation Chapter 3 Honour, Order and Authority Part Two: THE EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY Chapter 4 The Defence of the Realm Chapter 5 The Protestant Church Chapter 6 Family and Household Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

John Gwynfor Jones was Professor of Welsh History at Cardiff University. His many publications include: Wales and the Tudor State, 1534-1603 (1989), Sir John Wynn: The History of the Gwydir Family and Memoirs (1990), Concepts of Order and Gentility in Wales, 1540-1640 (1992), Early Modern Wales, 1526-1640 (1994), The Wynn Family of Gwydir, c. 1490-1674 (1995) and Law, Order and Government in Caernarfonshire, 1558-1640 )1996).

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

This stimulating and comprehensive study of the period between the establishment of the new Tudor administrative framework and the outbreak of the Civil War offers a well-grounded and fascinating survey of the attitudes, opinions and responses of the gentry to the political and religious circumstances in which they lived. The book discusses the ways in which the gentry, thrust into positions of prominence in the context of the Tudor state, interpreted that status and authority they enjoyed and the power entrusted to them. It surveys the influence which the concept of the ‘island empire’ had on attitudes to public roles and duties, and traces the extent to which loyalties to the Crown and to kindred groupings affected the image projected by the gentry in their political, religious and domestic roles. The book is given an added dimension by a consideration of gentry attitudes in Wales in the context of the humanist ideas current in Europe. This is a mature study based on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, material from which has been successfully integrated into the text. It offers an insight into the perceptions and assumptions of an élite culture at a crucial time in that culture’s development.