Love, Friendship and Faith in Europe, 1300–1800 [electronic resource] /
Gowing, L.editor.
Hunter, M.editor.
Rubin, M.editor.
This ground-breaking volume explores the terrain of friendship against the historical backdrop of early modern Europe. In these thought-provoking essays the terms of friendship are explored - from the most intimate and erotically charged to the reciprocities of village life. This is a rich offering in social and cultural history that is attuned to the pervasive language of religion. A hidden history is revealed - of friendships that we have lost, and of friendships starkly, and movingly, familiar.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Friendship's Loss: Alan Bray's Making of History; 2 Sacred or Profane? Reflections on Love and Friendship in the Middle Ages; 3 Friendship in Catholic Reformation Eichstätt; 4 A Society of Sodomites: Religion and Homosexuality in Renaissance England; 5 'Swil-bols and Tos-pots': Drink Culture and Male Bonding in England, c.1560-1640; 6 The Politics of Women's Friendship in Early Modern England; 7 Friends and Neighbours in Early Modern England: Biblical Translations and Social Norms
8 Tricksters, Lords and Servants: Begging, Friendship and Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century England9 Spinoza and Friends: Religion, Philosophy and Friendship in the Berlin Enlightenment; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This ground-breaking volume explores the terrain of friendship against the historical backdrop of early modern Europe. In these thought-provoking essays the terms of friendship are explored - from the most intimate and erotically charged to the reciprocities of village life. This is a rich offering in social and cultural history that is attuned to the pervasive language of religion. A hidden history is revealed - of friendships that we have lost, and of friendships starkly, and movingly, familiar.
Europe—History.
Social history.
Civilization—History.
European History.
Social History.
Cultural History.