UID:
almafu_9959237593302883
Umfang:
1 online resource (410 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-383-03852-X
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1-282-12610-5
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9786612126109
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0-19-156755-8
Serie:
Oxford scholarship online.
Inhalt:
'The Ends of Life' examines the ways in which English men and women between the early 16th and late 18th 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.
Anmerkung:
"This book is a revised and expanded version of the Ford Lectures given in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2000"--Pref.
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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
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-19-924723-4
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780199247233.001.0001
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=453649