The Family Life Of Ralph Josselin: An Essay in Historical Anthropology (Norton Library (Paperback)) - Softcover

Alan, Macfarlane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393008495 ISBN 13: 9780393008494

Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1977

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Alan MacFarlane is Professor of Anthropological Science at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King's College. In 1986 he was elected a Fellow of the British Economy. His previous books include "The Origins of English Individualism," (1978)" Marriage and Love in England" (1986) and "The Culture of Capitalism" (1987), all published by Blackwell Publishers Ltd.

From the Back Cover:

Ralph Josselin 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0393008495
• ISBN 13: 9780393008494
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264