Metropolitan Tragedy: Genre, Justice, and the City in Early Modern England. Marissa Greenberg. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015. xvi + 232 pp. $65.

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 1188-1190
Author(s):  
Penelope Geng
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern England ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The City

Rethinking Iconoclasm in Early Modern England: the Case of Cheapside Cross

2000 ◽  
Vol 4 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 379-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Budd
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern England ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Traditional Beliefs ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Complex Variety ◽  
City Of London ◽  
The City

AbstractProtestant iconoclasm has generally been understood as an assault on the beliefs and practices of traditional religion. This article challenges that understanding through a detailed study of Cheapside Cross, a large monument that was repeatedly attacked by iconoclasts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It draws on contemporary pamphlets and the manuscripts records of the City of London to reveal the complex variety of associations that Cheapside Cross acquired before and during the Reformation era. It argues that perceptions of the monument were shaped not only by its iconography but also by its involvement in ceremonies and rituals, including royal coronation processions. The iconoclastic attacks on Cheapside Cross should be interpreted not merely as a challenge to traditional beliefs but as attempts to restructure the monument's associations. The paper concludes that attacks on other images may be understood in a similar manner.

scholarly journals The decline of guilds and their monopoly in English provincial towns, with particular reference to Exeter

Urban History ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASARU YONEYAMA
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern England ◽  
City Government ◽  
Royal Authority ◽  
Craft Guilds ◽  
The City

ABSTRACTThis article examines the decline of the craft guilds in early modern England by way of a case-study of the Tuckers’ Company in Exeter. From the 1980s, this case figured prominently in the historiographical debate concerning guild decline; however, it has not been examined recently. The current study reveals the Tuckers’ Company is not a case of decline in guild membership so much as a case of the loss of guild monopoly and a concomitant transition to charitable functions. On the basis of empirical sources, this study also reveals the mechanisms and context of this transformation in the post-Civil War politics of the city of Exeter. Specific attention is given to first, the decline of royal authority bolstering the guild against the city government and secondly, the shift of power in the guild with the ascendance of the merchant fullers. Finally, the historiographical implications of the article's findings are discussed.

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