Popular Culture and Political Agency in Early Modern England ... - 9781783271719

Popular Culture and Political Agency in Early Modern England and IrelandEssays in Honour of John Walter\nAuthor(s): Michael Braddick, Phil Withington, Alexandra Shepard, Amanda Flather, Andy Wood, Clodagh Tait, J.C. Davis, John Morrill, Keith Thomas, Keith Wrightson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Boydell Press\nISBN-13: 9781783271719, 978-1783271719\nSynopsis\nAn outstanding collection, bringing together some of the leading historians of this period with some of the field's rising stars, which examines key issues in popular politics, the negotiation of power, strategies of legitimation,and the languages of politics.\n\nOne of the most notable currents in social, cultural and political historiography is the interrogation of the categories of 'elite' and 'popular' politics and their relationship to each other, as well as the exploration of why andhow different sorts of people engaged with politics and behaved politically. While such.