03499nam 2200745Ia 450 991077793120332120230207230413.01-383-03852-X1-282-12610-597866121261090-19-156755-8(CKB)1000000000767567(EBL)453649(OCoLC)428728611(SSID)ssj0000147185(PQKBManifestationID)11147985(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147185(PQKBWorkID)10011182(PQKB)10775442(Au-PeEL)EBL453649(CaPaEBR)ebr10300128(CaONFJC)MIL212610(MiAaPQ)EBC453649(EXLCZ)99100000000076756720081007d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe ends of life[electronic resource] roads to fulfilment in early modern England /Keith ThomasOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (410 p.)"This book is a revised and expanded version of the Ford Lectures given in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2000"--Pref.0-19-924723-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-367) and index.Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; Introduction; 1. FULFILMENT IN AN AGE OF LIMITED POSSIBILITIES; 2. MILITARY PROWESS; 3. WORK AND VOCATION; 4. WEALTH AND POSSESSIONS; 5. HONOUR AND REPUTATION; 6. FRIENDSHIP AND SOCIABILITY; 7. FAME AND THE AFTERLIFE; Note on References; Abbreviations; Notes; IndexThe Ends of Life examines the ways in which English men and women between the early sixteenth and late eighteenth centuries sought to lead fulfilling lives. In doing so it illuminates the central values of the period, while at the same time throwing incidental light on some of the perennial problems of human existence. - ;How should we live? That question was no less urgent for English men and women who lived between the early sixteenth and late eighteenth centuries than for this book's readers. Keith Thomas's masterly exploration of the ways in which people sought to lead fulfilling lives in Life skillsEnglandHistory16th centuryLife skillsEnglandHistory17th centuryLife skillsEnglandHistory18th centurySelf-realizationEnglandHistory16th centurySelf-realizationEnglandHistory17th centurySelf-realizationEnglandHistory18th centuryGreat BritainSocial life and customs16th centuryGreat BritainSocial life and customs17th centuryGreat BritainSocial life and customs18th centuryEnglandCivilization16th centuryEnglandCivilization17th centuryEnglandCivilization18th centuryLife skillsHistoryLife skillsHistoryLife skillsHistorySelf-realizationHistorySelf-realizationHistorySelf-realizationHistory302.5409420903Thomas Keith1933-169265MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777931203321The ends of life3737347UNINA