Author: Courtney Thomas
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487512740
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
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Moving beyond the preoccupation of honour and its associations with violence and sexual reputation, Courtney Thomas offers an intriguing investigation of honour’s social meanings amongst early modern elites in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. If I Lose Mine Honour I Lose Myself reveals honour’s complex role as a representational strategy amongst the aristocracy. Thomas’ erudite and detailed investigation of multi-generational family papers as well as legal records and prescriptive sources develops a fuller picture of how the concept of honour was employed, often in contradictory ways in daily life. Whether considering economic matters, marriage arrangements, supervision of servants, household management, mediation, or political engagement, Thomas argues that while honour was invoked as a structuring principle of social life its meanings were diffuse and varied. Paradoxically, it is the malleability of honour that made it such an enduring social value with very real meaning for early modern men and women.
Author: Courtney Erin Thomas
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487501226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
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Courtney Thomas offers an intriguing investigation of honour's social meanings amongst early modern elites in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England.
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Category : Mottoes
Languages : en
Pages : 1224
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Author: William Shakespeare
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Author: Mary Cowden Clarke
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Languages : en
Pages : 882
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Author: William Shakespeare
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Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Author: Elizabeth Foley
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448182905
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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'Rather jolly and very helpful’ The Times Need to swot up on your Shakespeare? The ultimate guide to the Bard, perfect for the Shakespeare aficionado and general reader alike. If you’ve always felt a bit embarrassed at your precarious grasp on the plot of Othello, or you haven’t a clue what a petard (as in ‘hoist with his own petard’) actually is, then fear not, because this, at last, is the perfect guide to the Bard. From the authors of the number-one bestselling Homework for Grown-ups, Shakespeare for Grown-ups is the essential book for anyone keen to deepen their knowledge of they plays and sonnets. For parents helping with their children’s homework, casual theatre-goers who want to enhance their enjoyment of the most popular plays and the general reader who feels they should probably know more about Britain’s most splendid scribe, Shakespeare for Grown-ups covers Shakespeare's time; his personal life; his language; his key themes; his less familiar works and characters; his most famous speeches and quotations; phrases and words that have entered general usage, and much more.
Author: Mary Victoria Cowden CLARKE
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Languages : en
Pages : 914
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Author: Mary Cowden- Clarke
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Languages : en
Pages : 878
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Author: Mary-Cowden Clarke
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Languages : en
Pages : 880
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