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The ends of life [[electronic resource] ] : roads to fulfilment in early modern England / / Keith Thomas



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Autore: Thomas Keith <1933-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The ends of life [[electronic resource] ] : roads to fulfilment in early modern England / / Keith Thomas Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (410 p.)
Disciplina: 302.5409420903
Soggetto topico: Life skills - England - History - 16th century
Life skills - England - History - 17th century
Life skills - England - History - 18th century
Self-realization - England - History - 16th century
Self-realization - England - History - 17th century
Self-realization - England - History - 18th century
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Social life and customs 16th century
Great Britain Social life and customs 17th century
Great Britain Social life and customs 18th century
England Civilization 16th century
England Civilization 17th century
England Civilization 18th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: "This book is a revised and expanded version of the Ford Lectures given in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2000"--Pref.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-367) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: The 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
Titolo autorizzato: The ends of life  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-12610-5
9786612126109
0-19-156755-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455021503321
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