From Courtesy to Civility

From Courtesy to Civility
Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 328
Release :
ISBN-10 : 019821765X
ISBN-13 : 9780198217657
Rating : 4/5 (657 Downloads)
DOWNLOAD EBOOK
Book Synopsis From Courtesy to Civility by : Anna Bryson

Download or read book From Courtesy to Civility written by Anna Bryson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What counted as good and bad manners in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Anna Bryson explores what is often entertaining evidence for Tudor and Stuart ideas of bodily decency and decorum, table manners and polite conversation, and also shows the crucial importance of the values of "courtesy" and "civility" in an aristocratic society.


From Courtesy to Civility Related Books

From Courtesy to Civility
Language: en
Pages: 328

From Courtesy to Civility

Authors: Anna Bryson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

What counted as good and bad manners in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Anna Bryson explores what is often entertaining evidence for Tudor and Stuart i
Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation
Language: en
Pages: 52

Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation

Authors: George Washington
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-06-01 - Publisher: Bnpublishing.Com

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Choosing Civility
Language: en
Pages: 212

Choosing Civility

Authors: P. M. Forni
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-04-01 - Publisher: St. Martin's Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Most people would agree that thoughtful behavior and common decency are in short supply, or simply forgotten in hurried lives of emails, cellphones, and multi-t
In Pursuit of Civility
Language: en
Pages: 378

In Pursuit of Civility

Authors: Keith Thomas
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-06-05 - Publisher: Brandeis University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Keith Thomas's earlier studies in the ethnography of early modern England, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Man and the Natural World, and The Ends of Life, w
Rudeness and Civility
Language: en
Pages: 322

Rudeness and Civility

Authors: John F. Kasson
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991-09-01 - Publisher: Hill and Wang

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

With keen insight and subtle humor, John F. Kasson explores the history and politics of etiquette from America's colonial times through the nineteenth century.