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The Household Accounts of Robert and Katherine Greville, Lord and Lady Brooke, at Holborn and Warwick, 1640–1649: Volume 68

Andrew Hopper editor Ann Hughes editor Stewart Beale editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Publishing:31st Jan '25

£45.00

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The Household Accounts of Robert and Katherine Greville, Lord and Lady Brooke, at Holborn and Warwick, 1640–1649: Volume 68 cover

This volume publishes the household accounts kept for Lord and Lady Brooke between 1640 and 1649.

Robert Greville, 2nd Lord Brooke, was a prominent figure in the English Civil War. This volume publishes the annual household accounts kept for Brooke and his widow, Katherine, between 1640 and 1649. Illuminating Brooke's activities and the administration of his estates, the accounts are crucial sources for historians of 17th-century England.Robert Greville, 2nd Lord Brooke, was a prominent figure amongst the opposition to Charles I, a religious radical and intellectual who emerged as a successful popular leader in the early months of the English Civil War. This volume publishes the richly detailed household accounts kept for Brooke and his widow, Katherine, on an annual basis between 1640 and 1649. These texts have scarcely been studied by historians. They are an illuminating source for Brooke's capacious intellectual, religious and political networks, and for his mobilization of support for Parliament in 1642. They also uncover the administration of his estates and households in London, Warwickshire and the midlands before and after his premature death. These accounts are crucial sources for political, economic and military historians, and equally important for social and cultural historians interested in the history of the family, of childhood, and widowhood, as well as consumption and material culture.

ISBN: 9781009601214

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624 pages