Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2017
Abstract
This article tells the story of a contested provincial election for sheriff which took place in Norwich during 1627. In light of recent scholarly critiques of studies that frame the early-modern period in terms of binary opposites, this article demonstrates that 1620s political culture is hard to define in such stark terms. Through a close reading of the events, characters, and outcomes of the election, this article also shows the importance of embedding local peculiarities into wider historiographical narratives of change, or continuity, and reveals the essential role of the urban middling sorts in shaping the political narratives of the Stuart period.
Keywords
Urban, Politics, Elections, Religion, Political culture
Discipline
History | Political History
Publication
Journal of Urban History
Volume
43
Issue
1
First Page
3
Last Page
17
ISSN
0096-1442
Identifier
10.1177/0096144214566950
Publisher
SAGE Publications (UK and US)
Citation
WILLIAMSON, Fiona.(2017). When "Comoners were made slaves by the magistrates": The 1627 election and political culture in Norwich. Journal of Urban History, 43(1), 3-17.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2647
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/0096144214566950