Widely praised and consistently popular since its first publication in 1987, Early Modern England W now reflects in this new edition the invigorating and substantial changes that have swept the field of social history over the past decade. It combines consideration of the more traditional concerns of social history with investigation of newer items on the agenda of historians. There is as much attention given to the spiritual and mental worlds and cultural history as to examination of social structures. A broad and sweeping chronological survey rather than a decade-by-decade account, Early Modern England challenges the idea of studying social history by centuries.