The Widening Gate
Bristol and the Atlantic Economy 1450-1700
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16618246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ralph Houlbrooke (corresponding author), Ralph A Houlbrooke |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 133-135 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sixteenth Century Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-0160 • E-ISSN: 2326-0726 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2541814 |
| OpenAlex | W2323864063 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
From the Preface: Bristol is the city that John Cabot sailed from and Thomas Chatterton dreamed, that Hugh Latimer preached to and Oliver Cromwell seized, that entertained Parliaments in the Middle Ages and rioted for Reform in the nineteenth century. Since the Norman Conquest, it has always had an important place in English history, experiencing events and contributing to developments that stirred the nation. What follows is an account of its connection with one small piece of that history, the rise of the Atlantic economy in the early modern period and the accompanying transformation of English economic ideas and practices. But this book is not about economics alone. It is grounded on the belief that we can no more abstract the economy from politics, culture, and society than we can separate intentional human action from thought and judgment. It also rejects the notion that the life of a city like Bristol could ever be treated as a self-contained whole. Instead it views such cities as social organisms living in close relationship with their surroundings. What gives them their structure is the set of internal codes they carry. And what enables them to survive is their ability to adapt to or transform their environment, which itself is always changing
Action (physics · Aesthetics · Ancient history · CONQUEST · Economics · Economy · Middle Ages · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
Freedom to, Freedom from, Freedom of
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Pedlars in the Outports
The Fisherman's Cause
The Rise of Europe
Three Concepts of Atlantic History
Ritual, Space, and Authority in Seventeenth-Century English Cathedral Cities
Hands across the Sea
Rules and reality
Exploding Colonial American History
The Idea of Atlantic History
Squares of distinction, webs of interest
Atlantic Iron
Apprenticeship and Training in Premodern England
But the Shows of their Street”
Outsiders in the Land of Their Birth
A maritime cultural landscape
Impersonators in the Market
Councillors and commerce in Liverpool, 1650–1750
The transformation of an urban political elite
The Erber
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2020 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |