The Diary of Ralph Josselin, 1616-1683
The Diary of Ralph Josselin, 1616-1683

Author: Ralph Josselin

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 1991-05-16

Total Pages: 758

ISBN-13: 9780197261033

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Josselin was vicar of Earls Colne, Essex, from 1641 until his death in 1683, and this is the intimate record of his ministry and his private doubts and triumphs as a Christian that give the Diary its shape. As a prosperous farmer, he also noted details of harvests, accounts, the weather and farming methods, which pieces together a picture of yeoman farming at that time. As father and husband he felt impelled to record a series of observations on family life that seem unique for this period. Recognized as one of the great seventeenth-century diaries, ranging over topics from sin and disease, dreams and money to millenarianism and the Civil War, this richly rewarding document reveals Josselin as a sympathetic and entirely human figure, and provides fascinating insights into the thought-world of seventeenth-century life.

The Ludic Self in Seventeenth-Century English Literature
The Ludic Self in Seventeenth-Century English Literature

Author: Anna K. Nardo

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780791407219

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This book argues that play offered Hamlet, John Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, Robert Burton, and Sir Thomas Browne a way to live within the contradictions and conflicts of late Renaissance life by providing a new stance for the self. Grounding its argument in recent theories of play and in a historical analysis that sees the seventeenth century as a point of crisis in the formation of the western self, the author demonstrates how play helped mediate this crisis and how central texts of the period enact this mediation.

The English Family 1450 - 1700
The English Family 1450 - 1700

Author: Ralph A. Houlebrooke

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-11

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1317872363

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The history of the family has become the source of lively controversy and Ralph Houlbrooke's study has made a major contribution to the debate. Thorough investigations reveal the attitudes and aspirations of all levels of society set within economic, political and religious contexts and developments within the period.

Writing the Family Narrative
Writing the Family Narrative

Author: Lawrence P. Gouldrup

Publisher: Ancestry Publishing

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9780916489274

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At last! Here is a clear, concise, and highly readable explanation of how to write your family history. This book was written for the genealogist who has compiled scores of pedigree charts and family group sheets, has spent years poring over forgotten manuscripts and staring into dimly-lit microfilm readers, and who now wants to bring it all together into a final narrative form. In a timely and interesting manner, the author shows how you can compose a controlled and focused rendition of your family's story.

The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Culture in Early Modern England
The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Culture in Early Modern England

Author: Andrew Hadfield

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-23

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 1317042069

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Culture in Early Modern England is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of current research on popular culture in the early modern era. For the first time a detailed yet wide-ranging consideration of the breadth and scope of early modern popular culture in England is collected in one volume, highlighting the interplay of 'low' and 'high' modes of cultural production (while also questioning the validity of such terminology). The authors examine how popular culture impacted upon people's everyday lives during the period, helping to define how individuals and groups experienced the world. Issues as disparate as popular reading cultures, games, food and drink, time, textiles, religious belief and superstition, and the function of festivals and rituals are discussed. This research companion will be an essential resource for scholars and students of early modern history and culture.

The History of Childhood
The History of Childhood

Author: Llyod deMause

Publisher: Jason Aronson

Published: 1995-06

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 1568215517

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A survey of childhood that reveals startling views of life in Europe and America during the past 2000 years. This book documents the lives of former children who were abused. It places child abuse today into the context of what was routinely inflicted upon