The Diary of Ralph Josselin, 1616-1683
The Diary of Ralph Josselin, 1616-1683

Author: Ralph Josselin

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 1991-05-16

Total Pages: 758

ISBN-13: 9780197261033

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Josselin was vicar of Earls Colne, Essex, from 1641 until his death in 1683, and this is the intimate record of his ministry and his private doubts and triumphs as a Christian that give the Diary its shape. As a prosperous farmer, he also noted details of harvests, accounts, the weather and farming methods, which pieces together a picture of yeoman farming at that time. As father and husband he felt impelled to record a series of observations on family life that seem unique for this period. Recognized as one of the great seventeenth-century diaries, ranging over topics from sin and disease, dreams and money to millenarianism and the Civil War, this richly rewarding document reveals Josselin as a sympathetic and entirely human figure, and provides fascinating insights into the thought-world of seventeenth-century life.

The Social Life of Money in the English Past
The Social Life of Money in the English Past

Author: Deborah Valenze

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-05-15

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0521852420

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A study of how people understood and used money from 1630 to 1800 in England. Deborah Valenze shows how money became involved in relations between people in ways that moved beyond what we understand as its purely economic functions.

Climate and History
Climate and History

Author: T. M. L. Wigley

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1985-10-17

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 9780521312202

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This highly successful book is a collection of twenty papers, specially written by research workers in the many relevant disciplines. First published in 1985, it was the first major survey of both the methodology of climatic reconstruction and the problem of climate/history interactions, and embodies the results of fruitful co-operation between historians, archaeologists and scientists. It discusses: the climatic information obtainable from the study of chemical isotopes, glaciers, pollen remains, tree rings, archaeological materials and documentary sources; the theoretical and methodological problems involved in assessing the impact of climate and climatic change on past societies; and provides a series of case studies arguing for or against the importance of climatic factors in human affairs in specific economic, social and cultural contexts.