The ends of life [[electronic resource] ] : roads to fulfilment in early modern England / / Keith Thomas
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| Autore: |
Thomas Keith <1933->
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| Titolo: |
The ends of life [[electronic resource] ] : roads to fulfilment in early modern England / / Keith Thomas
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| 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 | |
| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-383-03852-X |
| 1-282-12610-5 | |
| 9786612126109 | |
| 0-19-156755-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777931203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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