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If I Lose Mine Honour, I Lose Myself: Honour Among the Early Modern English Elite
Contributor(s): Thomas, Courtney (Author)
ISBN: 1487501226     ISBN-13: 9781487501228
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
OUR PRICE:   $84.55  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: July 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern - 16th Century
- History | Europe - Renaissance
- Social Science | Gender Studies
Dewey: 302.094
LCCN: 2017479250
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.40 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 16th Century
 
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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.


Contributor Bio(s): Thomas, Courtney: - Courtney Erin Thomas received her PhD in history and renaissance studies from Yale University. She has previously taught at both Yale University and MacEwan University.