Introduction
1: Fulfilment in an Age of Limited Possibilities
2: Military Prowess
3: Work and Vocation
4: Wealth and Possessions
5: Honour and Reputation
6: Friendship and Sociability
7: Fame and the Afterlife
Note on References
Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Sir Keith Thomas is a Fellow of All Souls College and former
President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He is the author of
several highly acclaimed books on early modern England, including
Religion and the Decline of Magic, which won the Wolfson Literary
Award for History in 1972. A former trustee of the National Gallery
and the British Museum, he is an Honorary Vice-President of the
Royal Historical Society and was President of the British
Academy
between 1993 and 1997.
`A compellingly readable book, richly researched, fascinatingly
detailed, delightfully written... [Thomas's] vast and voracious
acquaintance with the printed trace of the early modern past is on
display once again.
'
Eamonn Duffy, London Review of Books, 23 July 2009
`A pleasure to read'
Michael Dirda, Washington Post
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