Author: Henry French

This is a major study of the transformation of early modern English rural society. It begins by assessing the three major debates about the character of English society: the ‘Brenner Debate’; the …

Masculinity is an expanding area of gender history. Man’s Estate is the first book to focus on a particular social group, the English landed gentry, and to cover a time span of several hundred years. …

The power and status of English male elites were not merely inherited at birth but developed through everyday interactions with family, peers and guardians. Much of these conversations were conducted …

This is a major study of the transformation of early modern English rural society. It begins by assessing the three major debates about the character of English society: the ‘Brenner Debate’; the …

A collection that celebrates the research of Margaret Spufford, a ‘game-changing’ historian who shifted the focus away from the political and social elite in urban communities to the ‘other 98%’ in l …

A tribute to the work of Keith Wrightson, Remaking English Society re-examines the relationship between enduring structures and social change in early modern England. Collectively, the essays in the …

A tribute to the work of Keith Wrightson which addresses fundamental questions about the character of English society during a period of decisive change. A tribute to the work of Keith Wrightson, …

First comparative study of landless households brings out their major role in European history and society. The numbers of landless people – those lacking formal rights to land, or possessing onl …