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Creator
Date
[2017]
Location
Toronto
Ontario
Ontario
Media format
Printed text
Extent
x, 302 pages
Language
English
Size
24 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 352775
Folger call number: HM1027.G7 T46 2017
Folger holdings ID: 501331
Folger call number: HM1027.G7 T46 2017
Folger holdings ID: 501331
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."--
Notes
General notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Also known as
Extended title: If I lose mine honour I lose myself : honour among the early modern English elite / Courtney Erin Thomas
Subjects
Related names
author: Thomas, Courtney Erin, 1980-