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This engaging and beautifully illustrated book take us back to the domestic world of the landed gentry in seventeenth-century England. Relating ...Show synopsisThis engaging and beautifully illustrated book take us back to the domestic world of the landed gentry in seventeenth-century England. Relating countless stories and case histories drawn from a wide range of primary sources, the book describes the physical environment, staffing, and functioning of gentry households, the inhabitants and their activities, and the role of these houses in the social economic life of their localities. J. T. Cliffe begins exploring the exterior and interior of houses and the outbuildings, parks, and gardens that sorrounded them. He then investigates the people who lived in the country houses and the relationships between them. He provides colorful details about the responsibilities of the squire and his wife; the duties, remuneration, food, clothing, accommodation, and treatment of servants; and the special duties of estate stewards, coachmen, chaplains, and tutors. Cliffe explains various aspects of housekeeping, such as the tradition of hospitality and the factors militating against it. He also discusses other kinds of activity: religious practices; outdoor sports and indoor pastimes, including music and billiards; and such intellectual pursuits as antiquarian research, poetry, and scientific experiments. He concludes with a fascinating survey of scandal in the world of the gentry, telling of domestic strife, financial disaster, lunacy, and other disasters that marred this idyllic existence.Hide synopsis
Description:Like New. From private collection. Previous owner's bookplate...Like New. From private collection. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, else Fine. No underlining or notes. Binding square and tight. In handsome dust jacket.
Description:Good. Good Condition. Item delivered via UPS in 7-9 business...Good. Good Condition. Item delivered via UPS in 7-9 business days. Tracking available by request.
Description:Very Good Plus. Very Good to Near Fine Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12"...Very Good Plus. Very Good to Near Fine Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 232 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is Free of Markings. Mylar protected dust jacket shows ligjht shelf rubbing. The cloth on the tips of the corners show light rubbing.
Publisher: Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A. : Yale Univ Pr
Description:Fine in Fine jacket. Hardback in fine condition with fine...Fine in Fine jacket. Hardback in fine condition with fine condition dust jacket.
Description:B&W and color illustrations. Fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)...B&W and color illustrations. Fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) 232pp. ISBN 0300076436 Explores every aspect of life on a country estate during a critical century in English history.
Description:New. Brand New with Dustjacket-No Remainder Mark-Multiple...New. Brand New with Dustjacket-No Remainder Mark-Multiple Copies Available-Shrinkwrapped.
Description:Very Good in Very Good dust jack. 232 pp. Index. Very good...Very Good in Very Good dust jack. 232 pp. Index. Very good condition book and dustjacket. Brown hardcovers are clean, bottom spine bumped and rubbed, corners little rubbed. Interior fine, crisp and clean. Dustjacket is faintly rubbed only. 4to 11"-13" tall.
Description:Despatched from UK within 24hrs. Published by Yale University...Despatched from UK within 24hrs. Published by Yale University Press in 1999. Hardback with Dust jacket: 238 pages; Used but in Very Good condition, may show a little wear. With Index. Illustrated. With photographs. Internally good. 232 pages.
