Format:
1 online resource (410 pages)
ISBN:
9780191567551
Content:
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.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1. FULFILMENT IN AN AGE OF LIMITED POSSIBILITIES -- The Idea of Fulfilment -- The Constraints of the Age -- New Aspirations -- Individuality -- 2. MILITARY PROWESS -- Arms and the Man -- The Waning of the Military Ideal -- Appendix: Monarchs and Military Prowess -- 3. WORK AND VOCATION -- The Primal Curse? -- The Rewards of Labour -- 4. WEALTH AND POSSESSIONS -- Goods and the Social Order -- Possessions and their Meaning -- From Hostility to Acceptance -- Wealth as Fulfilment? -- 5. HONOUR AND REPUTATION -- Precedence and Superiority -- Aristocratic Honour -- The Honour of the People -- Credit and Shame -- The Decline of Honour? -- 6. FRIENDSHIP AND SOCIABILITY -- The Idea of Friendship -- Male and Female Friends -- Marriage and Children -- Sociability -- 7. FAME AND THE AFTERLIFE -- Heaven and Hell -- Posthumous Fame -- The Quest for Immortality -- Inexorable Oblivion? -- Note on References -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199247233
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780199247233
Additional Edition:
Print version The Ends of Life : Roads to Fulfilment in Early Modern England
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Lebensphilosophie
;
Selbstverwirklichung
;
Geschichte 1600-1800
URL:
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