{"product_id":"if-i-lose-mine-honour-i-lose-myself-9781487501228","title":"If I Lose Mine Honour I Lose Myself","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCourtney Thomas offers an intriguing investigation of honour's social meanings amongst early modern elites in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Highly Recommended. All levels\/Libraries.’ -- M. Reardon * Choice Magazine vol 55:07:2018 *\u003cbr\u003e\"[If I Lose Mine Honour I Lose Myself] illuminates not just the flexibility and inconsistency of early modern notions of honor and the ways in which these ideals were constantly being deployed and redefined in daily practice, but equally the ubiquity and character of interpersonal strife among the dynastic families of the late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century English elite.\" -- Fara Dabhoiwala, Princeton University * American Historical Review, June 2019 *\u003cbr\u003e\"In studying honour not just as a representational strategy but also as a point of entry into a range of other subjects, the book offers much of interest to a wide variety of scholars, not just those who focus expressly on honour and the self-presentations of the elite.\" -- K. J. Kesselring, Dalhousie University * The English Historical Review, vol 134 no 568 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   Abbreviations   Brief Notes   Introduction - Approaching Honor   Chapter One - Men and Honor   Chapter Two - Women and Honor   Chapter Three - Honor, Local Reputation, and the Household   Chapter Four - Honor and the Family   Conclusion - The Importance of Honor   Bibliography","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195287204183,"sku":"9781487501228","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487501228.jpg?v=1763647054","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/if-i-lose-mine-honour-i-lose-myself-9781487501228","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}