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The Ends of Life: Roads to Fulfilment in Early Modern England
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Product Description: Hailed as "immediately and universally recognized as indispensable" (TLS) and "compellingly readable, richly researched, fascinatingly detailed, delightfully written" (LRB), here is a masterful exploration of the ways in which people sought to lead fulfilling lives, illuminating the central values of early modern England, while casting incidental light on some of the perennial problems of human existence...read more
By Keith Thomas
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9780199247233 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 15, 2009, cover price $45.00

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9780199580835 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 29, 2010, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Hailed as "immediately and universally recognized as indispensable" (TLS) and "compellingly readable, richly researched, fascinatingly detailed, delightfully written" (LRB), here is a masterful exploration of the ways in which people sought to lead fulfilling lives, illuminating the central values of early modern England, while casting incidental light on some of the perennial problems of human existence.

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