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Buch, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 702 g

Heal

Hospitality in Early Modern England


Erscheinungsjahr 1990
ISBN: 978-0-19-821763-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 702 g

ISBN: 978-0-19-821763-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

This book is the first study of the ideal and practice of hospitality in England between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. In early modern England, hospitality was believed to be a vital social virtue, comparable in significance to the maintenance of honesty or the proper pursuit of honour, and seen as one of the foundations of the moral economy. It was a Christian and moral duty to keep a good house: to be open and generous in entertainment of both rich and poor, neighbour and stranger. Hospitality is now regarded very differently, and our changed attitudes hamper our approach to the history of this period.

Felicity Heal's study restores the hospitable ideal to its central place in early modern culture. She examines the manner in which it changed between 1400 and 1700, and its relationship to social realities, and demonstrates the significance of the forms and rituals attached to it. Hospitality in Early Modern England is a comprehensive analysis of beliefs and practices relating to hospitality at different social levels and in various settings. Dr Heal examines not only the nobility and gentry, the group on whom the duty of hospitality was most incumbent, but also the clergy, the urban magistracy and the yeomanry. Her comprehensive investigation of this neglected topic is a major contribution to our understanding of society and culture in early modern England.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Heal, Felicity

Weitere Infos & Material

List of figures; Abbreviations; The language and symbolism of hospitality; Hospitality in the great household; The changing vision of hospitality; The elite and household entertainment: from the Elizabethan Age to the Restoration; Visitors and voyagers; The duties of the pre-Reformation clergy; The clergy after the Reformation; Urban hospitality; Hospitality among the populace; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

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