Culture, Faith, and Philanthropy

Chapter 1 Introduction: Culture, Faith, and Philanthropy in Early Modern England

Chapter 2 “And let our hearts be softned to the Poor”: Personal Ambition and the Metropolitan Moral Economy

Chapter 4 “[A]s the Lord had decreed”: The Metamorphosis of Richard Whittington

Chapter 5 “[R]emember the place of our Nativity”: Godly Londoners, Livery Companies, and Provincial Reform

Chapter 6 “[B]ring this Trojan horse … into their Countrey”: William Jones, London Haberdashers, and the Reformation of Monmouth

Chapter 7 “[A] distant and alien control”: Henry Colbron, London Drapers, and the Reformation of Kirkham

Chapter 8 Conclusion: London and National Reform