Love, Friendship And Faith In Europe, 1300-1800
This ground-breaking volume explores the terrain of friendship against the historical backdrop of early modern Europe. In these thought-provoking essays the terms of friendship are explored - from the most intimate and erotically charged to the reciprocities of village life. This is a rich offering in social and cultural history that is attuned to the pervasive language of religion. A hidden history is revealed - of friendships that we have lost, and of friendships starkly, and movingly,...
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This ground-breaking volume explores the terrain of friendship against the historical backdrop of early modern Europe. In these thought-provoking essays the terms of friendship are explored - from the most intimate and erotically charged to the reciprocities of village life. This is a rich offering in social and cultural history that is attuned to the pervasive language of religion. A hidden history is revealed - of friendships that we have lost, and of friendships starkly, and movingly, familiar.
Introduction11Friendship's loss : Alan Bray's making of history152Sacred or profane? : reflections on love and friendship in the middle ages433Friendship in Catholic reformation Eichstatt664A society of sodomites : religion and homosexuality in renaissance England885'Swil-bols and tos-pots' : drink culture and male bonding in England, c.1560-16401106The politics of women's friendship in early modern England1317Friends and neighbours in early modern England : biblical translations and social norms1508Tricksters, lords and servants : begging, friendship and masculinity in eighteenth-century England1779Spinoza and friends : religion, philosophy and friendship in the Berlin enlightenment197
