Honoring the memory of Professor Alan Everitt--who advanced the fruitful
notion of the county community during the 17th century--this volume
proposes some modifications to Everitt's influential hypotheses in the
light of the best recent scholarship. With an important reevaluation of
political engagement in civil war Kent and an assessment of numerous
midland and southern counties as well as Wales, this record evaluates
the extraordinary impact of Everitt's book and the debate it provoked.
Comprehensive and enlightening, this collection suggests future
directions for research into the relationship between the center and
localities in 17th-century England.