Through a pioneering survey of Church of England clergyâ s houses and lifestyle, Life in the Georgian Parsonage reveals transformative evidence that consumption in the long 18th century was not simply a secular affair: it was deeply and materially influenced by religion.
Through a pioneering survey of Church of England clergyâ s houses and lifestyle, Life in the Georgian Parsonage reveals transformative evidence that consumption in the long 18th century was not simply a secular affair: it was deeply and materially influenced by religion.
Jon Stobart, FRHS, is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, and the editor of The Comforts of Home in Western Europe, 1700-1900 (Bloomsbury, 2020), A Taste for Luxury (Bloomsbury, 2017) with Johanna Ilmakunnas, General Editor of A Cultural History of Shopping, 6 volumes (Bloomsbury, 2022), and co-editor, with Christopher J. Berry, of A Cultural History of Luxury in the Age of Enlightenment (Bloomsbury, forthcoming). He is also editor of Global Goods and the Country House (2023), author of Comfort and the Eighteenth-Century Country House (2022) and co-author of Consumption and the Country House (2016).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Representations of the clergy: critiquing incomes, worldliness and pretension 2. The worldliness problem: sermons on luxury, moderation and dignity 3. The changing nature of the parsonage: improvement, convenience and status 4. A world of goods: buying and locating household belongings 5. At home with the clergy: practicing politeness and hospitality 6. Communities of interest: family, parish and neighbourhood 7. Personal perspectives on consumption: religion, morality and duty Conclusions Bibliography
Introduction 1. Representations of the clergy: critiquing incomes, worldliness and pretension 2. The worldliness problem: sermons on luxury, moderation and dignity 3. The changing nature of the parsonage: improvement, convenience and status 4. A world of goods: buying and locating household belongings 5. At home with the clergy: practicing politeness and hospitality 6. Communities of interest: family, parish and neighbourhood 7. Personal perspectives on consumption: religion, morality and duty Conclusions Bibliography
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