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Vestries [ Religious Belief ]

… a range of officials, organized church building / maintenance, levied rates from inhabitants and dealt with various local government matters. Depending on custom, membership could be relatively inclusive (‘general vestries’ of all … the system to their American colonies.   Practices > Religious Belief Keywords Religion Churches Communities Finances Local Government Corruption England Officials America Historical evolution From the late Middle Ages, local …

William Wordsworth, the worldly recluse [ Art and Literature ]

… of the Lake District and, from 1843 onwards, the Poet Laureate, Wordsworth explored the concept of sociability on both local and national levels. His engagement with public debates throughout his life highlights the political tension that … Press, 1956-1971), I: 445. The rootedness of Wordsworth’s poetry signals the strong connection between nationality and locality. 5  This tension between the local and the national indicates that his poetry, even that of the most … of both private meditations and public issues. Later, in 1809, he wrote the Convention of Cintra to protest against the government’s military policy, after the government had failed to negotiate a treaty that would curb France’s military …

Women's travel writing [ Reading & Writing / Mobility ]

Parish churches [ Institutions ]

… process involving both Church and state remained patchy, as communities negotiated regimes reflecting local as well as central priorities. 3  By this point, furthermore, parishes faced growing competition from dissenting … parish churches in England and perhaps 50,000 in the Holy Roman Empire alone. Often the most conspicuous buildings in local communities, they came in many variations, although most had a tower (fostering identities through a distinctive … in the Old Church in Delft ', c. 1650 oil on oak, 73.2 x 59.5 cm. Purchased 1983 with the assistance of a grant from the Government of Canada under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act. National Gallery of Canada , Ottawa. …

Horseracing [ Games & Sports ]

… long eighteenth century. From the 1500s onwards some town-organised meetings already existed alongside private races on local moors, downs or floodplains. 1  Meeting numbers grew with the Stuarts’ love of the sport. Over the 1700s horse … a contemporary racing calendar listed a network of 138 separate race meetings, with others too low in status to note. 7  Governmental anxieties about the supposed excessive increase of horse races which supposedly encouraged ‘idleness’, less … lists. Better urban homes might be rented out by advertising them as lodgings to more distant visitors. Depending on locality, further prize money might be raised from crown-provided ‘royal plates’ which encouraged cavalry horse breeding; …

Samuel Pepys [ Art and Literature / Politics ]

… very poor’ ( Diary , I, 2).  In 1660, much of his time was spent in alehouses and taverns, meeting fellow clerks and local City officeholders. Drinking and gaming were fun ways to pass the time, but Pepys was also collecting news to send to his patron Mountagu, who was in the country.  In the turmoil of early 1660, with riots in streets and no stable government at Westminster, the opinions of London’s citizenry carried weight. Alehouse and taverns were places for Pepys … at the Royal Exchange, Whitehall , and Westminster Hall were networks which supplied him with a wealth of foreign, local, court and city news. This allowed him to widen his influence in the navy, to make himself respected as a source of …