"We are all servants" : the diversity of service in premodern Europe (1000-1700)
Service permeated premodern Europe and was a key concept for defining relationships. Unlike earlier volumes on service, "We Are All Servants" explores simultaneously the medieval and early modern periods, and considers service and servants through multiple discourses and in a wide variety...
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Format : | Livre |
Langue : | anglais |
Titre complet : | " We are all servants" : the diversity of service in premodern Europe (1000-1700) / edited by Isabelle Cochelin and Diane Wolfthal |
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Toronto :
Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies
, 2022 |
Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (632 p.) |
Collection : | Essays and studies - Victoria University. Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies ; 54 |
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Résumé : | Service permeated premodern Europe and was a key concept for defining relationships. Unlike earlier volumes on service, "We Are All Servants" explores simultaneously the medieval and early modern periods, and considers service and servants through multiple discourses and in a wide variety of contexts, from courts to anchorholds, and including monastic and hospital settings throughout western Europe. The volume brings together an interdisciplinary and international team of scholars who study a highly diverse group of servants: male and female, young and old, lay and religious, of both high and low status, with few or great expectations for their future |
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Bibliographie : | Bibliogr. en fin de chapitre. Index |
ISBN : | 978-0-7727-2228-7 0-7727-2228-5 |