Culture, faith, and philanthropy : Londoners and provincial reform in early modern England

Publication Data

• Title Culture, faith, and philanthropy : Londoners and provincial reform in early modern England
• Author Joseph P. Ward
• Publisher Palgrave MacMillan
• Publication date 2013
• Publication location New York, NY
• Language English

Contents

Part I: Faith, philanthropy, and London's moral economy
"And let our hearts be softened to the poor": personal ambition and the metropolitan moral economy
"God hath bestowed that upon me": how Simon Eyre made his fortune
"[A]s the Lord had decreed": the metamorphosis of Richard Whittington
Part II: Faith, philanthropy, and provincial reform
"[R]emember the place of our Nativity": godly Londoners, livery companies, and provincial reform
"[B]ring this Trojan horse ... into their countrey": William Jones, London haberdashers, and the reformation of Monmouth
"[A] distant and alien control": Henry Colbron, London drapers, and the reformation of Kirkham
Conclusion: London and national reform.

Topics

• Eyre, Symon, active 1445
• Whittington, Richard, -1423
• Charities :: England :: History :: 17th century
• Charity organization :: England :: History :: 17th century
• Philanthropists :: England :: London :: 17th century
• Charities :: Political aspects :: England :: 17th century
• Charities :: Religious aspects :: England :: 17th century
• England :: Social conditions :: 17th century
• England

Culture, faith, and philanthropy : Londoners and provincial reform in early modern England by Joseph P. Ward. ISBN 9780312293864. Published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.