Friendship and its discourses in the seventeenth century /
Cedric C. Brown presents an account of the immense importance of friendship bonds to early modern society. Drawing on new archival research, he acknowledges a wide range of types of friendship, from the intimate to the obviously instrumental and sees these practices as often coterminous with gift ex...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Cedric C. Brown presents an account of the immense importance of friendship bonds to early modern society. Drawing on new archival research, he acknowledges a wide range of types of friendship, from the intimate to the obviously instrumental and sees these practices as often coterminous with gift exchange. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-226) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198790792 0198790791 9780191833434 0191833436 |