In Pursuit of Civility: Manners and Civilization in Early Modern England by Keith Thomas

In Pursuit of Civility: Manners and Civilization in Early Modern England

The Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures

Keith Thomas

480 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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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 1...

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