Title If I lose mine honour I lose myself : honour among the Early Modern English elite / Courtney Erin Thomas

Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Brief Notes; Introduction: Approaching Honour; 1 Men and Honour; 2 Women and Honour; 3 Honour in the Community and at Home; 4 Honour and the Family; Conclusion: The Importance of Honour; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary "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."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Social psychology -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Social psychology -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Honor -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Honor -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Reputation -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Reputation -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Upper class -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Upper class -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology. HISTORY -- Renaissance. Honor -- Social aspects Social psychology Upper class Ehre Aristokratie Sozialpsychologie Great Britain England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781487512736 1487512732

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