| The Family Life of Ralph Josselin, a Seventeenth-Century Clergyman: An Essay in Historical Anthropology Revised Edition Contributor(s): MacFarlane, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393008495 ISBN-13: 9780393008494 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1977 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Modern - 17th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 77000440 |
| Series: Norton Library (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 8" (0.65 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ralph Josselin, vicar of Earls Colne in Essex from 1641 to his death in 1683, kept for almost forty years a remarkably detailed account of his life--his mental and emotional world as well as his activities. Few diaries from this period afford such a rounded picture of a family from so many aspects. Alan Macfarlane, a historian and lecturer in social anthropology at Cambridge University, explores through the diary Josselin's life as a farmer, businessman, Puritan clergyman, neighbor, husband, and father, providing a unique view of seventeenth-century life from the inside. |