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SUMMARY:Evaluating worth and status in early modern England - Alex Shepard
 \, University of Glasgow
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CONTACT:Dr Natalia Mora-Sitja
DESCRIPTION:Witnesses appearing in the church courts in England between th
 e mid-sixteenth and mid-seventeenth centuries were commonly asked for an e
 stimate of their material worth taking into account all outstanding debts 
 as an indication of their creditworthiness. The majority responded with a 
 monetary estimate of the value of their goods\, routinely expressed in rou
 nd numbers. This paper will explore the qualitative significance of the mo
 st commonly cited monetary markers (such as forty shillings) which suggest
  the operation of a series of credit thresholds that denoted not only cred
 itworthiness but also social status. The analysis will be based on a datas
 et of several thousand witness responses that was compiled with the aid of
  a research grant from the ESRC.
LOCATION:Erasmus Room\, Queens College
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