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Part 1 The structure of early modern English society: the social orderin early modern England; geographical mobility; an agrarian society;contrasting communities; family and kinship - the English "marriagepattern", relations between members of the family and kinsfolk; localcommunities and the nation. Part 2 Changing material conditions:population fluctuations and changing social fortunes - populationtrends, price trends, "gentlemen" - the growth and consolidation of theland-owning classes 1550-1640 and 1640-1750, "yeomen" and "husbandmen"- the decline of the English small farmer, labourers, servants andvagrants, craftsmen and tradesmen, merchants and professional people -the growth of "the monied interest"; poverty and dearth; affluence andprosperity - the emergence of an urban society, a "consumer society"?.Part 3 Changing ideas: education and literacy; the impact ofprotestantism 1550-1625 and 1625-1750; the scientific revolution. Part4: Assessment. Part 5: Documents.