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In Pursuit of Civility

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

In Pursuit of Civility

By Keith Thomas

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About the book

What did it mean to be `civilized' in Early Modern England? Keith Thomas's seminal studies Religion and the Decline of Magic, Man and the Natural World, and The Ends of Life, explored the beliefs, values and social practices of the years between 1500 and 1800. In Pursuit of Civility continues this quest by examining what the English people thought it meant to be `civilized' and how that condition differed from being `barbarous' or `savage' . Thomas shows how the upper ranks of society sought to ...Show more

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9780300235777

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published year

2018

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1

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In Pursuit of Civility

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Hardcover

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