A. L. Beier

Social Thought in England, 1480-1730 (eBook, ePUB)

From Body Social to Worldly Wealth

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that social concepts most definitely existed in late medieval and early modern England, laying the foundations for modern models of society. It analyzes social paradigms and how they changed in the period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317352303
• Artikelnr.: 44773347

Autorenporträt

A.L. Beier is Professor Emeritus at Illinois State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The Body Social
1480-1550 1. The Body Imagined 2. Contexts and Conflicts 3. The Body Examined: Ancient
Medieval
Modern 4. Different Metaphor
Similar Message: Edmund Dudley's "Tree of Commonwealth
" 1509-1510 5. The Body Historicized: Clement Armstrong
1529-1536 6. Defending the Body: "Commonwealth-Men
" c. 1520-c. 1553 Part II: Social Humanist Challenges to the Body Social
1516-1549 7. Moving Away from the Body: An Overview 8. Poverty
Wealth
and Labor: New Theory
New Practices 9. A Radical Re-Ordering: Thomas More's Utopia
1516 10. Social Humanist Thought Re-Defines the Social
c. 1523/5-1536. 11. Rethinking the Three Estates: Thomas Starkey's "Dialogue Between Lupset and Pole
" 1529-1532 12. Virtue Meets Profit: The Brave New World of Sir Thomas Smith
1549 Part III: Society as Property
1550-1697 13. Re-Drawing the Social Picture
1550-1600 14. Property
Patriarchy
and the Agrarian Problem
1593-1656 15. The Power of Property Perceived
1576-1730 16. Property Assailed and Defended: Grandees
Levellers
and Diggers: 1647-1649 17. Conclusions: The Past Makes the Future