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UNINA9910794482703321 |
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Autore |
Harden Faith S. |
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Arms and letters : military life writing in early modern Spain / / Faith S. Harden |
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Toronto ; ; Buffalo ; ; London : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2020] |
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1-4875-3545-7 |
1-4875-3544-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Autobiography |
Honor in literature |
Honor - Spain - History |
Military biography |
Soldiers - Spain - Biography - History and criticism |
Soldiers' writings, Spanish - History and criticism |
HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal |
Spain Armed Forces Military life |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Arms and Letters -- 1 Virtue, Honour, and Exemplarity -- 2 Professional Honour and the Production of Knowledge -- 3 Spiritual Honour and Religious Authority -- 4 Playing the Pícaro -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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"Arms and Letters analyses the unprecedented number of autobiographical accounts written by Spanish soldiers during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These first-person retrospective works recount a range of experiences throughout the sprawling domain of the Hispanic monarchy. Reading a selection of autobiographies in contemporary historical context - including the coalescing of the first modern armies, which were partially populated by forced recruits and the urban poor - Faith S. Harden explains how soldiers adapted the concept of honour and contributed to the burgeoning autobiographical |
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form. Harden argues that Spanish military life writing took two broad forms: the first as a petition, wherein the soldier's service was presented as a debt of honour, and second, as a series of misadventures, staging honour as a spectacle that captivated an audience. Honour was inevitably gendered and performative, and as such, it functioned as one of the overarching metrics of value that early modern men and women applied to themselves and others. In charting how non-elite subjects rendered their lives legitimate through autobiography, Arms and Letters contributes both to a critical genealogy of honour and to the history of life writing."-- |
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UNINA9910792459503321 |
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Autore |
Davaran Fereshteh |
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Titolo |
Continuity in Iranian identity : resilience of a cultural heritage / / Fereshteh Davaran |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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1-134-01830-4 |
1-134-01831-2 |
1-282-56907-4 |
9786612569074 |
0-203-88630-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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National characteristics, Iranian |
Culture diffusion - Iran - History |
Islam - Iran - History |
Pahlavi literature - History and criticism |
Religious literature, Persian - History and criticism |
Islamic literature - Iran - History and criticism |
Iran Civilization |
Iran History |
Iran Religion |
Iran Intellectual life |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1 Old Iranians; 2 Middle Iranians; 3 Iranian religions; 4 Middle Persian literature: Andarz; 5 Iranian persistence in the Islamic era; 6 Islamic-era Persian literature: Adab; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Despite changes in sovereignty and in religious thought, certain aspects of Iranian culture and identity have persisted since antiquity. Drawing on an exploration of history, religion and literature to define Iranian cultural identity and link the Persian past with more recent cultural and political phenomena, this book examines the history of Iran from its ancient roots to the Islamic period, paying particular attention to pre-Islamic Persian religions and their influence upon later Muslim practices and precepts in Iran. Accessible English translations of the pre-Islamic Andarz< |
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