{"product_id":"life-in-the-georgian-parsonage-by-professor-jon-stobart-9781350382077","title":"Life in the Georgian Parsonage","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn innovative approach in the field of material culture and consumption studies, \u003ci\u003eLife in the Georgian Parsonage\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the houses, consumption and lifestyle of Church of England clergy in the long 18th century, linking moral debates and popular representations of the clergy to the material culture of their houses and their motivations as consumers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy focusing on the ethical and moral dimensions of consumer practices, it challenges established readings of consumption in the long 18th century as an essentially secular process in which goods were markers of wealth, status and taste, by bringing the clergyman into the frame – their lives, their habits and their homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCross-disciplinary in its approach, combining material culture and religious and social history and sitting at the intersection of these fields, \u003ci\u003eLife in the Georgian Parsonage\u003c\/i\u003e fills a significant gap, enhancing in important ways our knowledge of this group as a crucial but understudied set of 18th-century consumers. It also contributes to understanding the parish clergy of England in the context of 18th-century society and culture. Bringing together a wide range of source material – from probate inventories to personal account books, satirical prints to sermons, diaries to designs for parsonages – the author reconstructs the material lives and household arrangements of the Georgian clergy in glorious detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExamining the parish clergy over this period of profound social and religious change through the lens of consumption, and consumption through the lives of these clergymen, has a transformative impact both on these areas of enquiry and on our understanding of English society in the 18th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461155537132,"sku":"9781350382077","price":62.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350382077-life-in-the-georgian-parsonage.jpg?v=1774959204","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/life-in-the-georgian-parsonage-by-professor-jon-stobart-9781350382077","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}