Royal Historical Society - Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. Sixth Series. XII. [2002]

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2002). orig.boards. 22x14cm, iv,508 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contains 18 papers [10 of which are from the 2001 Conference "English Politeness: Conduct, Social Rank & Moral Virtue, c. 1400 - c. 1900"]. Includes: J.I. Nelson "England & the Continent in the 9th Century: Ends & Beginnings"; N. Vincent "Some Pardoner's Tales: The Earliest English Indulgences"; M. Mazower "Travellers & the Oriental City, c. 1840 - 1920"; R. Lawe "Individualising the Atlantic Slave Trade: The Biography of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua of Djougou (1854)"; J. Hoppit "The Myths of the South Sea Bubble"; G. Parker "The Place of Tudor England in the Messianic Vision of Philip II of Spain"; I.W. Archer "The Charity of Early Modern Londoners"; J,. Gillingham "From Civilitas to Civility: Cod s of Manners in Medieval & Early Modern England"; N. Cooper "Rank, Manners & Display: The Gentlemanly House, 1500-1700"; P. Langford "The Uses of 18th-Century Politeness"; P. Carter "Polite Persons: Character, Biography & the Gentleman"; R.H. Sweet "Topographies of Sweetness"; H. Berry "Polite Consumption: Shopping in 18th-Century England"; E. Foyster "Creating a Veil of Silence? Politeness & Marital Violence in the English Household"; A. Fletcher "Courses in Politeness: The Upbringing & Experiences of Five Teenage Diarists, 1671 - 1860"; P. Russel "The Brash Colonial: Class & Comportment in 19th-Century Australia"; J. Tosh "Gentlemanly Politeness & Manly Simplicity in Victorian England".