Peacham's Compleat Gentleman, 1634
Author | : Peacham Henry |
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Release | : 1901 |
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ISBN | : 9780243750634 |
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Author | : Peacham Henry |
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Release | : 1901 |
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ISBN | : 9780243750634 |
Author | : Henry PEACHAM (the Younger.) |
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Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 1906 |
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Author | : Henry Peacham |
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Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2015-07-20 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781331891932 |
Excerpt from Peacham's Compleat Gentleman, 1634: With an Introduction by G. S. Gordon Peacham's Compleat Gentleman is a record of the manners, education, and way of thinking of the better sort of Cavalier gentry before the Civil wars. It is also part of that great Literature of Courtesy which still awaits the discerning pen of some magnanimous and sympathetic historian. The attempt to define the gentleman is as old as the institution of nobility itself; and every age, since literature began, has claimed the right to make its own definition. For the gentleman is always the protege of the age whose incense he breathes; and he has his fashions and his periods like everything else which society creates. Achilles listening to the Centaur or Ulysses with Minerva at his elbow, the young Academicians of Athens, the orators of Cicero and Quintilian, are, if we look rightly, as much a part of the varied and fascinating history of the gentleman as the Courtier of Castiglione and the 'Compleat Gentleman' of Peacham, as Chesterfield's man of fashion and the beaus of the Georges. It is an apt device, approved by Peacham, which represents the prince with a book in one hand and a sword in the other. With the latter we are not concerned; but just what this book may be, whether Plato's Republic or the Bible, Cicero's Offices or Amadis de Gau, matters everything. The fact that we preferred the Offices to the Republic had a great deal to do with the character of the later Renaissance in England. The genius of Platonism, which had inspired the finest products of Elizabethan poetry, went, as it had come, by the poets. With it went also the hey-day of the Renaissance gentleman, the Courtier, who for the next half-century, as the Cavalier, had to struggle for his very existence, and perished in his triumph at the Restoration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Henry Peacham |
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Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Courtesy |
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Author | : Henry Peacham |
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Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 1906 |
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Author | : Henry Peacham |
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Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1906 |
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Author | : Henry Peacham |
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Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1906 |
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Author | : Henry Peacham |
Publisher | : Nabu Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2014-02 |
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ISBN | : 9781293752814 |
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Author | : Henry Peacham |
Publisher | : Nabu Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
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ISBN | : 9781294090700 |
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Compleat Gentleman 1634; Tudor & Stuart Library reprint Henry Peacham George Stuart Gordon null Clarendon Press, 1906 Courtesy; Education; Heraldry
Author | : Frances Willmoth |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780851153216 |
A life of Moore, 17th-century mathematician and scientist involved in the draining of the fens, the building of the mole at Tangier, and the foundation of the Royal Observatory.