In pursuit of civility : manners and civilization in early modern England /

The renowned historian Keith Thomas has written a peerless study of the place of civility in the shaping of English society between the early sixteenth and the late eighteenth centuries. Dramatic changes in court fashion and manners took place, but equally important was the emergence of an urban tra...

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Main Author:	Thomas, Keith, 1933- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Waltham, Massachusetts : [Lebanon, NH] : Brandeis University Press ; Imprint of University Press of New England, [2018]
Series:	Menahem Stern Jerusalem lectures.
Subjects:	Etiquette > England > History > 16th century. Etiquette > England > History > 17th century. Etiquette > England > History > 18th century. Great Britain > Civilization > 16th century. Great Britain > Civilization > 17th century. Great Britain > Civilization > 18th century. England > Social life and customs.