Jeremy Boulton
Biographic Data
| ID | 3880833 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeremy Boulton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeremy |
| FAMILY NAME | Boulton |
| SIGNATURE | BOULTON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Work of the Dead
This book represents the fruits of a four-decade-long interest in the history of the dead from one of our leading cultural historians. It is about how the dead were cared for, treated, memorialised and recorded. Thomas Laqueur’s theme is why the dead mattered in history and the part they played in the making of the modern world. His is an interdisciplinary study, drawing on literature, history, law, anthropology, sociology, psychology, theology a…
Urban inoculation and the decline of smallpox mortality in eighteenth‐century cities—a reply to R azzell
Smallpox was probably the single most lethal disease in eighteenth-century Britain but was reduced to a minor cause of death by the mid-nineteenth century due to vaccination programmes post-1798. While the success of vaccination is unquestionable, it remains disputed to what extent the prophylactic precursor of vaccination, inoculation, reduced smallpox mortality in the eighteenth century. Smallpox was most lethal in urban populations, but most r…
The Medicalisation of a Parish Workhouse in Georgian Westminster
Any standard account of the history of medicine in eighteenth-century England would include a survey of the proliferation of medical institutions and charities in the nation's capital. The eighteenth century, it is well known, saw the foundation of large numbers of hospitals, charitable dispensaries, private mad-houses and infirmaries in London. Such institutions, moreover, often served as a blue print for provincial foundations. However, the eig…
Traffic in corpses and the commodification of burial in Georgian London
This article argues, using evidence from Georgian London, that historical demographers need to revisit the effects of two inter-related phenomena: the effects of burial fees on interment practices and the ebb and flow of a very considerable ‘traffic in corpses’. By the eighteenth century burial space in London was at a premium and there was an active market in the provision of suitable, and affordable, burial grounds. This article is based on the…
The decline of adult smallpox in eighteenth-century London1
Smallpox was probably the single most lethal disease in eighteenth-century Britain, but was a minor cause of death by the mid-nineteenth century. Although vaccination was crucial to the decline of smallpox, especially in urban areas, from the beginning of the nineteenth century, it remains disputed the extent to which smallpox mortality declined before vaccination. Analysis of age-specific changes in smallpox burials within the large west London …
Welfare Systems and the Parish Nurse in Early Modern London, 1650–1725
This article argues that the part played by parish nurses in the capital's welfare system requires radical reassessment. Such women were playing a central role in the lives of the poor by the early 18th century. It will demonstrate that, at least in some of London's large suburban parishes, there existed a surprisingly sophisticated network of parish nurses who played an important part in the overall care package delivered to paupers. Such nurses…
Microhistory in early modern London
This article represents an exercise in microhistory applied to early modern London. Deploying prosopographical methods, it reconstructs the life history of one John Bedford (1601–1667) from his birth in Huntingdon to his death in the West End of London. Much of his adult life was spent in the London parish of St Dionis Backchurch, with an interlude in the Irish town of Londonderry. Bedford fled from Ulster at the outbreak of the Irish Rebellion i…
Theatrical cultures in early modern London
London's cultural and social life is the focus of four recent books which, with the exception of a few forays by Manley, concentrate mostly on the late sixteenth and first half of the seventeenth century
It Is Extreme Necessity That Makes Me Do This”
Although research on survival strategies is still at a relatively early stage, there are clearly some areas where there is considerable difference in emphasis placed by historians on the relative importance of particular “expedients” deployed by the poor in extremis There is, for example, uncertainty regarding the amount of support given by neighbours as opposed to relatives. There is some historical contention, too, over the importance to the el…
Food prices and the standard of living in London in the 'century of revolution', 1580-1700
This article presents a new price series for seventeenth-century London and uses the data to construct the first cost of living index for the capital for that period. Comparison with the Phelps Brown Hopkins (PBH) series suggests that although short-term variations were very similar, there is some suggestion that prices in London were more inflationary after the middle of the seventeenth century than in the PBH series. A new London real wage seri…
Wage Labour in Seventeenth-Century London
Goldsmiths, Silversmiths and Bankers
Clandestine marriages in London
This article sets out the incidence of clandestine marriage in Restoration London. Analysis of parish registers of large suburban parishes suggests that such private unions peaked twice in the capital's history, immediately after the Restoration and again in the first half of the eighteenth century. Understanding the phenomenon is important since the increase in private weddings on the scale encountered was unique to London. Historians have faile…
The Quest for Stability in the Early Mordern City
London widowhood revisited
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Worlds within Worlds
Neighbourhood and Society
The Counting of the People and the People that Counted
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Neighbourhood and Society
Neighbourhood and Society
Residential mobility in seventeenth-century Southwark
It is nearly two decades since Tony Wrigley first discussed the possible effects that the experience of London life may have had on changing the society of seventeenth-century England. Despite some excellent work on certain aspects of London's social history, however, his qualification still stands: ‘too little is known of the sociological differences between life in London and life in provincial England to afford a clear perception of the impact…
Land, Men and Beliefs
Wage Labour in Seventeenth-Century London
It Is Extreme Necessity That Makes Me Do This”
Although research on survival strategies is still at a relatively early stage, there are clearly some areas where there is considerable difference in emphasis placed by historians on the relative importance of particular “expedients” deployed by the poor in extremis There is, for example, uncertainty regarding the amount of support given by neighbours as opposed to relatives. There is some historical contention, too, over the importance to the el…
Food prices and the standard of living in London in the 'century of revolution', 1580-1700
This article presents a new price series for seventeenth-century London and uses the data to construct the first cost of living index for the capital for that period. Comparison with the Phelps Brown Hopkins (PBH) series suggests that although short-term variations were very similar, there is some suggestion that prices in London were more inflationary after the middle of the seventeenth century than in the PBH series. A new London real wage seri…
London widowhood revisited
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Urban inoculation and the decline of smallpox mortality in eighteenth‐century cities—a reply to R azzell
Smallpox was probably the single most lethal disease in eighteenth-century Britain but was reduced to a minor cause of death by the mid-nineteenth century due to vaccination programmes post-1798. While the success of vaccination is unquestionable, it remains disputed to what extent the prophylactic precursor of vaccination, inoculation, reduced smallpox mortality in the eighteenth century. Smallpox was most lethal in urban populations, but most r…
The decline of adult smallpox in eighteenth-century London1
Smallpox was probably the single most lethal disease in eighteenth-century Britain, but was a minor cause of death by the mid-nineteenth century. Although vaccination was crucial to the decline of smallpox, especially in urban areas, from the beginning of the nineteenth century, it remains disputed the extent to which smallpox mortality declined before vaccination. Analysis of age-specific changes in smallpox burials within the large west London …
Microhistory in early modern London
This article represents an exercise in microhistory applied to early modern London. Deploying prosopographical methods, it reconstructs the life history of one John Bedford (1601–1667) from his birth in Huntingdon to his death in the West End of London. Much of his adult life was spent in the London parish of St Dionis Backchurch, with an interlude in the Irish town of Londonderry. Bedford fled from Ulster at the outbreak of the Irish Rebellion i…
Clandestine marriages in London
This article sets out the incidence of clandestine marriage in Restoration London. Analysis of parish registers of large suburban parishes suggests that such private unions peaked twice in the capital's history, immediately after the Restoration and again in the first half of the eighteenth century. Understanding the phenomenon is important since the increase in private weddings on the scale encountered was unique to London. Historians have faile…
The Medicalisation of a Parish Workhouse in Georgian Westminster
Any standard account of the history of medicine in eighteenth-century England would include a survey of the proliferation of medical institutions and charities in the nation's capital. The eighteenth century, it is well known, saw the foundation of large numbers of hospitals, charitable dispensaries, private mad-houses and infirmaries in London. Such institutions, moreover, often served as a blue print for provincial foundations. However, the eig…
Welfare Systems and the Parish Nurse in Early Modern London, 1650–1725
This article argues that the part played by parish nurses in the capital's welfare system requires radical reassessment. Such women were playing a central role in the lives of the poor by the early 18th century. It will demonstrate that, at least in some of London's large suburban parishes, there existed a surprisingly sophisticated network of parish nurses who played an important part in the overall care package delivered to paupers. Such nurses…
The Quest for Stability in the Early Mordern City
The Counting of the People and the People that Counted
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Residential mobility in seventeenth-century Southwark
It is nearly two decades since Tony Wrigley first discussed the possible effects that the experience of London life may have had on changing the society of seventeenth-century England. Despite some excellent work on certain aspects of London's social history, however, his qualification still stands: ‘too little is known of the sociological differences between life in London and life in provincial England to afford a clear perception of the impact…
Residential mobility in seventeenth-century Southwark
It is nearly two decades since Tony Wrigley first discussed the possible effects that the experience of London life may have had on changing the society of seventeenth-century England. Despite some excellent work on certain aspects of London's social history, however, his qualification still stands: ‘too little is known of the sociological differences between life in London and life in provincial England to afford a clear perception of the impact…
Land, Men and Beliefs
Neighbourhood and Society
Neighbourhood and Society
The Counting of the People and the People that Counted
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Neighbourhood and Society
London widowhood revisited
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Worlds within Worlds
Clandestine marriages in London
This article sets out the incidence of clandestine marriage in Restoration London. Analysis of parish registers of large suburban parishes suggests that such private unions peaked twice in the capital's history, immediately after the Restoration and again in the first half of the eighteenth century. Understanding the phenomenon is important since the increase in private weddings on the scale encountered was unique to London. Historians have faile…
The Quest for Stability in the Early Mordern City
Wage Labour in Seventeenth-Century London
Goldsmiths, Silversmiths and Bankers
Theatrical cultures in early modern London
London's cultural and social life is the focus of four recent books which, with the exception of a few forays by Manley, concentrate mostly on the late sixteenth and first half of the seventeenth century
It Is Extreme Necessity That Makes Me Do This”
Although research on survival strategies is still at a relatively early stage, there are clearly some areas where there is considerable difference in emphasis placed by historians on the relative importance of particular “expedients” deployed by the poor in extremis There is, for example, uncertainty regarding the amount of support given by neighbours as opposed to relatives. There is some historical contention, too, over the importance to the el…
Food prices and the standard of living in London in the 'century of revolution', 1580-1700
This article presents a new price series for seventeenth-century London and uses the data to construct the first cost of living index for the capital for that period. Comparison with the Phelps Brown Hopkins (PBH) series suggests that although short-term variations were very similar, there is some suggestion that prices in London were more inflationary after the middle of the seventeenth century than in the PBH series. A new London real wage seri…
Welfare Systems and the Parish Nurse in Early Modern London, 1650–1725
This article argues that the part played by parish nurses in the capital's welfare system requires radical reassessment. Such women were playing a central role in the lives of the poor by the early 18th century. It will demonstrate that, at least in some of London's large suburban parishes, there existed a surprisingly sophisticated network of parish nurses who played an important part in the overall care package delivered to paupers. Such nurses…
Microhistory in early modern London
This article represents an exercise in microhistory applied to early modern London. Deploying prosopographical methods, it reconstructs the life history of one John Bedford (1601–1667) from his birth in Huntingdon to his death in the West End of London. Much of his adult life was spent in the London parish of St Dionis Backchurch, with an interlude in the Irish town of Londonderry. Bedford fled from Ulster at the outbreak of the Irish Rebellion i…
The decline of adult smallpox in eighteenth-century London1
Smallpox was probably the single most lethal disease in eighteenth-century Britain, but was a minor cause of death by the mid-nineteenth century. Although vaccination was crucial to the decline of smallpox, especially in urban areas, from the beginning of the nineteenth century, it remains disputed the extent to which smallpox mortality declined before vaccination. Analysis of age-specific changes in smallpox burials within the large west London …
The Medicalisation of a Parish Workhouse in Georgian Westminster
Any standard account of the history of medicine in eighteenth-century England would include a survey of the proliferation of medical institutions and charities in the nation's capital. The eighteenth century, it is well known, saw the foundation of large numbers of hospitals, charitable dispensaries, private mad-houses and infirmaries in London. Such institutions, moreover, often served as a blue print for provincial foundations. However, the eig…
Traffic in corpses and the commodification of burial in Georgian London
This article argues, using evidence from Georgian London, that historical demographers need to revisit the effects of two inter-related phenomena: the effects of burial fees on interment practices and the ebb and flow of a very considerable ‘traffic in corpses’. By the eighteenth century burial space in London was at a premium and there was an active market in the provision of suitable, and affordable, burial grounds. This article is based on the…
Urban inoculation and the decline of smallpox mortality in eighteenth‐century cities—a reply to R azzell
Smallpox was probably the single most lethal disease in eighteenth-century Britain but was reduced to a minor cause of death by the mid-nineteenth century due to vaccination programmes post-1798. While the success of vaccination is unquestionable, it remains disputed to what extent the prophylactic precursor of vaccination, inoculation, reduced smallpox mortality in the eighteenth century. Smallpox was most lethal in urban populations, but most r…
The Work of the Dead
This book represents the fruits of a four-decade-long interest in the history of the dead from one of our leading cultural historians. It is about how the dead were cared for, treated, memorialised and recorded. Thomas Laqueur’s theme is why the dead mattered in history and the part they played in the making of the modern world. His is an interdisciplinary study, drawing on literature, history, law, anthropology, sociology, psychology, theology a…
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