Medieval and Early Modern Peoples, Volume 20: Institutional Culture in Early Modern Society: Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions

The essays in this volume take a fresh look at the history of institutions in the early modern world. Casting a broad look across a variety of institutions, from missionary societies to guilds, from lawcourts to academies, and exploring institutions across western Europe and Britain, the volume as a whole invites a newly comparative understanding of the nature of formal institutions in the period. By envisaging disparate institutions as having, to some degree, similar self-perceptions, strategies, and rituals, these essays begin to build up a picture of how early modern institutions functioned overall. The book will appeal to anyone interested in the social and culture history of early modern communities, as well as offering insights into the relationship of institutions and the developing state. Cobntributors include: Ian Anders Gadd; Reed Benhamou; Susan Brown; Gayle Brunelle; Janelle Day Jenstad; Robert Frost; Anne Goldgar; Anthony Grafton; Kristine Haugen; Steve Hindle; Florence Hsia; Joanna Innes; Victor Morgan; Eve Rosenhaft; James Shaw; Keith Wrightson. CONTENTS 6 Notes on Contributors 8 Introduction 12 SECTION ONE: COMMUNAL DEFINITION 24 Mathematical Martyrs, Mandarin Missionaries, and Apostolic Academicians: Telling Institutional Lives 26 Were Books Different? The Stationers' Company in Civil War London, 1640–1645 58 SECTION TWO: COOPERATION AND RIVALRY AMONG INSTITUTIONS 82 To Beggar thy Neighbour or Not? Mediation versus Vendetta in Commercial Disputes in Early Modern Rouen 84 Cooperation and Conflict in the Schools of Bergamo, 1550–1650 107 Policing and Privilege: the Resistance to Penal Reform in Eighteenth-Century London 126 SECTION THREE: RITES OF INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION 154 A Ceremonious Society: an Aspect of Institutional Power in Early Modern Norwich 156 "Good, Godly and Charitable Uses": Endowed Charity and the Relief of Poverty in Rural England, c. 1550–1750 187 SECTION FOUR: EXTERNAL PROPAGANDA 212 Public Glory, Private Gilt: the Goldsmiths' Company and the Spectacle of Punishment 214 Secrecy and Publicity in the Emergence of Modern Business Culture: Pension Funds in Hamburg 1760–1780 241 SECTION FIVE: DISCIPLINE 268 Discipline and Punishment in the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture 270 SECTION SIX: SUBVERSION OF COMMUNAL PROCEDURES 302 Justice in the Marketplace: Corruption at the Giustizia Vecchia in Early Modern Venice 304 Imagined Universities: Public Insult and the Terrae Filius in Early Modern Oxford 340 AFTERWORDS 368 Anthony Grafton 370 Joanna Innes 373 Keith Wrightson 377 Index 384 A 384 B 384 C 385 D 386 E 387 F 387 G 387 H 388 I 388 J 388 K 388 L 389 M 389 N 390 O 390 P 390 Q 391 R 391 S 391 T 392 U 393 V 393 W 393 Y 393 Z 393 The Essays In This Volume Take A Look At The History Of Institutions In The Early Modern World. Casting A Broad Look Across A Variety Of Institutions, From Missionary Societies To Guilds, From Lawcourts To Academics, And Exploring Institutions Across Western Europe And Britain, The Volume As A Whole Invites A Newly Comparative Understanding Of The Nature Of Formal Institutions In The Period. By Envisaging Disparate Institutions As Having, To Some Degree, Similar Self-perceptions, Strategies, And Rituals, These Essays Begin To Build Up A Picture Of How Early Modern Institutions Functioned Overall. The Book Will Appeal To Anyone Interested In The Social And Cultural History Of Early Modern Communities, As Well As Offering Insights Into The Relationship Of Institutions And The Developing State.--jacket. Introduction / Anne Goldgar And Robert I. Frost -- Sect. 1. Communal Definition -- Mathematical Martyrs, Mandarin Missionaries, And Apostolic Academicians : Telling Institutional Lives / Florence Hsia -- Were Books Different? : The Stationers' Company In Civil War London, 1640-1645 / Ian Anders Gadd -- Sect. 2. Cooperation And Rivalry Among Institutions -- To Beggar Thy Neighbour Or Not? : Mediation Versus Vendetta In Commercial Disputes In Early Modern Rouen / Gayle K. Brunelle -- Cooperation And Conflict In The Schools Of Bergamo, 1550-1650 / Christopher Carlsmith -- Policing And Privilege : The Resistance To Penal Reform In Eighteenth-century London / Susan E. Brown -- Sect. 3. Rites Of Inclusion And Exclusion. Edited By Anne Goldgar And Robert I. Frost. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.