Estimating levels of numeracy and literacy in the maritime sector of the North Atlantic in the late eighteenth century

2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelle van Lottum ◽  
Bo Poulsen
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
The North ◽  
Late Eighteenth Century ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
The North Atlantic

Preaching and Sermons

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Ellison
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Religious Revival ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Denominational Identity ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

Prompted by the convulsions of the late eighteenth century and inspired by the expansion of evangelicalism across the North Atlantic world, Protestant Dissenters from the 1790s eagerly subscribed to a millennial vision of a world transformed through missionary activism and religious revival. Voluntary societies proliferated in the early nineteenth century to spread the gospel and transform society at home and overseas. In doing so, they engaged many thousands of converts who felt the call to share their experience of personal conversion with others. Though social respectability and business methods became a notable feature of Victorian Nonconformity, the religious populism of the earlier period did not disappear and religious revival remained a key component of Dissenting experience. The impact of this revitalization was mixed. On the one hand, growth was not sustained in the long term and, to some extent, involvement in interdenominational activity undermined denominational identity; on the other hand, Nonconformists gained a social and political prominence they had not enjoyed since the middle of the seventeenth century and their efforts laid the basis for the twentieth-century explosion of evangelicalism in Africa, Asia, and South America.

Upland adjustments: west Wales and Swaledale and the sequences of migration

2018 ◽  
pp. 165-179
Author(s):  
Eric Richards
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Classic Case ◽  
Rural Change ◽  
The North ◽  
Late Eighteenth Century ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
The Common

Wales, in common with many locations in the British Isles, had a mixed career during the economic and demographic upheavals of the late eighteenth century. Rural west Wales was especially prominent in the emigration account; it also vividly manifested some of the classic conditions making for mobility. Increased mobility in rural Wales was marked also by particular episodes of emigration which entered the folk memory. The demographic and economic career of the upland Swaledale region in the North Yorkshire Pennines demonstrates with unusual clarity several typical sequences within the long-term decline of its rural population. The Swaledale economy remained dominated by agriculture, and productivity increases were impressive, especially in dairying. Swaledale was a classic case of rural change associated with migratory adjustments to demographic and economic pressures, and was a regional variant of the common experience in rural Britain.

scholarly journals PAUPER INVENTORIES, SOCIAL RELATIONS, AND THE NATURE OF POOR RELIEF UNDER THE OLD POOR LAW, ENGLAND, c. 1601–1834

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSEPH HARLEY
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Poor Relief ◽  
Poor Law ◽  
The North ◽  
Late Eighteenth Century ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
The Many

ABSTRACTDuring the old poor law, many paupers had their possessions inventoried and later taken by authorities as part of the process of obtaining poor relief. Historians have known about this for decades, yet little research has been conducted to establish how widespread the system was, what types of parishioners had their belongings inventoried and why, what the legal status of the practice was, and how it affected social relations in the parish. Using nearly 450 pauper inventories, this article examines these historiographical lacunae. It is argued that the policy had no legal basis and came from local practices and policies. The system is found to be more common in the south and east of England than in the north, and it is argued that the practice gradually became less common from the late eighteenth century. The inventorying of paupers’ goods often formed one of the many creative ways in which parishes helped the poor before 1770, as it guaranteed many paupers assistance until death. However, by the late eighteenth century the appraising of paupers’ goods was closely tied to a negative shift in the attitudes of larger ratepayers and officials, who increasingly wanted to dissuade people from applying for assistance and reduce expenditure.

A Forgotten Friendship: How a French Missionary and a Manchu Prince Studied Electricity and Ballooning in Late Eighteenth Century Beijing

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-118
Author(s):  
Alexander Statman
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Society Of Jesus ◽  
New Developments ◽  
The North ◽  
Late Eighteenth Century ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
Qianlong Emperor

After the suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1773, the French missionary Joseph-Marie Amiot, last of the great Jesuit scholars of China, befriended the Manchu prince Hongwu 弘旿, court artist and cousin of the Qianlong emperor. Hongwu became the most enthusiastic local patron of the ex-Jesuits still living in Beijing, helping them with research and providing them with information. Together, Amiot and Hongwu discussed new developments in natural philosophy, from electrical medicine to gas balloons. They conducted experiments in the Jesuit’s quarters at the North Church and in the prince’s nearby mansion, drawing from European and Chinese traditions alike to explain them. In the end, they concluded that their investigations were socially and politically dangerous, so they decided to keep them secret. It has generally seemed that the missionaries who remained in Beijing toward the end of the eighteenth century had few local encounters and failed to communicate contemporary natural philosophy; the story of the friendship between Hongwu and Amiot is a notable exception, revealing that cross-cultural exchange remained possible.

scholarly journals Vivir en la región norte de la Intendencia de Guadalajara a finales del siglo XVIII. Un análisis de la vida cotidiana a través del informe de Félix María Calleja

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 152-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Rojas Galván
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Life Crisis ◽  
The North ◽  
Late Eighteenth Century ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
Regional History ◽  
Los Grupos ◽  
Research Show

El artículo analiza algunos aspectos de la vida cotidiana de los diferentes grupos sociales presentes en la región norte de la Intendencia de Guadalajara (México) a finales del siglo XVIII. El trabajo toma como base el informe que realizó sobre la zona el capitán Félix María Calleja en 1790. En dicho documento aparecen elementos que permiten examinar el modo de vivir en dicho espacio. Por ello, la investigación toma como referentes teóricos las perspectivas de la historia regional y la historia cultural en tanto que buscan hacer evidentes las transformaciones de un territorio con respecto a las manifestaciones culturales de los grupos sociales. Las fuentes documentales utilizadas provienen del Archivo General de Indias, España, del Archivo General de Simancas, España, del Archivo General de la Nación, México. Los resultados de la investigación reflejan los factores que contribuyeron a una desarticulación de la región norte de la Intendencia de Guadalajara a partir de 1785, año en que se presentaron una serie de epidemias, como resultado de un prolongado periodo de sequía, lo cual provocó que la vida cotidiana en dicha región sufriera alteraciones, incluso que entrara en crisis.Palabras clave: región, vida cotidiana, crisis, Intendencia de Guadalajara, Félix Calleja. Live in the North Region of the Intendencia of Guadalajara in the Late Eighteenth Century. An analysis of quotidian life through the report of Félix María CallejaAbstractIn this paper is analyzed several aspects about of quotidian life in different social groups from north region of Jalisco, in the period of intendencia of Guadalajara (Mexico), ending 18’Th century. The main source is Felix Maria Calleja’s inform in 1790 year. In this document is mentioned certain factors useful to study the life of these society. Thus, the research take as theoretical referents the perspectives precedents of regional history and cultural History, because looking for the emerging the cultural manifestation of groups. The document resources are Archivo General de Indias, España, del Archivo General de Simancas, España, del Archivo General de la Nación, México. The results of this research show a desarticulation of the región and crisis in the quotidian life, since 1785 combine with epidemics’ result of the scarcity of water. Keywords: region, quotidian life, crisis, Intendencia de Guadalajara, Félix Calleja.

The Currents of the North Atlantic

1892 ◽  
Vol 34 (872supp) ◽  
pp. 13940-13941
Author(s):  
Richard Beynon
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic
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