Bücher von K. D. M. (University of Leicester) Snell

A major study of local identities across early modern and modern British history. Professor Snell re-examines senses of community and belonging through literature, legislation, folklore, etc. and suggests that the parish identity continued to play a central part in people's lives long after the supposed transition to the nation.

This pioneering book offers a complete geography of religion in England and Wales, and includes exhaustive analyses of many religious questions and debates. It describes the geographical patterns of the major English and Welsh religious denominations, and their importance for political history, before tackling a range of further key issues.

These essays are concerned with the impact of social and economic change upon the rural labouring poor and artisans in England, and combines an understanding of their social priorities with innovative quantitative analysis. Annals of the Labouring Poor, first published in 1985, won the Royal Historical Society's Whitfield Prize for that year.