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Author Heal, Felicity.

Title Hospitality in early modern England / Felicity Heal
Published Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1990

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Description 1 online resource (x, 452 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford studies in social history
Oxford studies in social history.
Contents The language and symbolism of hospitality -- Hospitality in the great household -- The changing vision of hospitality -- The élite 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
Summary A study of the ideal and practice of hospitality in England between the 15th and 17th centuries. Hospitality was a vital social virtue and one of the foundations of the moral economy and Christian culture. The book is an analysis of beliefs and practices at different social levels
Analysis England Hospitality, history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-429) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Hospitality -- England -- History
Life Style -- history
15.70 history of Europe.
Hospitality
Manners and customs
Gastvrijheid.
Gewoonten.
Vroeg moderne tijd.
Hospitality -- Great Britain -- History.
England -- Social life and customs.
England
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 16th century.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 89070937
ISBN 9780191678257
0191678252