{"product_id":"plain-lives-in-a-golden-age-popular-culture-religion-and-society-in-seventeenth-century-holland-paperback-9780521367851","title":"Plain Lives in a Golden Age; Popular Culture, Religion and Society in Seventeenth-Century Holland (Paperback) 9780521367851","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePlain Lives in a Golden Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePopular Culture, Religion and Society in Seventeenth-Century Holland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is an account of the ordinary working people of Holland in the seventeenth-century, the so-called 'golden age'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eA. Th. van Deursen (Author), Maarten Ultee (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521367851, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 August 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e420 pages, 46 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e24.8 x 19.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.77 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003est comprehensive study yet published of the plain lives of a 'golden age'.f plague from the first outbreak of the Black Death in 1348 to the mid-fifteenth century. Through an innovative study of this evidence, Professor Carmichael develops two related strands of analysis. First, she discusses the extent to which true plague epidemics may have occurred, by considering what other infectious diseases contributed significantly to outbreaks of 'pestilence'. She finds that there were many differences between the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century epidemics. She then sh\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the English edition\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Daily Bread: 1. People of little wisdom and limited power\u003cbr\u003e 2. The attraction of Holland\u003cbr\u003e 3. Outside the community\u003cbr\u003e 4. Honest poverty\u003cbr\u003e 5. Paths upward\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Popular Culture: 6. Women and girls\u003cbr\u003e 7. The natural life\u003cbr\u003e 8. Upbringing\u003cbr\u003e 9. Popular reading and the supply of news\u003cbr\u003e Part III. People and Government: 10. The government\u003cbr\u003e 11. Money\u003cbr\u003e 12. The community\u003cbr\u003e 13. The war\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Hell and Heaven: 14. Popular belief\u003cbr\u003e 15. Calvinists\u003cbr\u003e 16. Catholics\u003cbr\u003e 17. Mennonites\u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909226127640,"sku":"9780521367851","price":41.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521367851i_0c322cb5-5c73-46d8-8c5d-b7231028d452.jpg?v=1691375791","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/plain-lives-in-a-golden-age-popular-culture-religion-and-society-in-seventeenth-century-holland-paperback-9780521367851","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}