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Hospitality in early modern England /

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A study of the ideal and practice of hospitality in England between the 15th and 17th centuries. Hospitality was a vital social virtue and one of the foundations of the moral economy and Christian culture. The book is an analysis of beliefs and practices at different social levels.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heal, Felicity
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1990.
Series:Oxford studies in social history.
Subjects:
Hospitality > England > History.
England > Social life and customs.
Life Style > history
Hospitalité > Angleterre > Histoire.
Angleterre > Mœurs et coutumes.
15.70 history of Europe.
Hospitality
Manners and customs
England
Gastvrijheid.
Gewoonten.
Vroeg moderne tijd.
Hospitality > Great Britain > History.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 16th century.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 17th century.
England > Hospitality, history
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The language and symbolism of hospitality
  • Hospitality in the great household
  • The changing vision of hospitality
  • The élite and household entertainment : from the Elizabethan age to the Restoration
  • Visitors and voyagers
  • The duties of the pre-Reformation clergy
  • The clergy after the Reformation
  • Urban hospitality
  • Hospitality among the populace.