Traditions of Civility
Eight Essays

This 1948 book may be described as a series of individual studies in the history of culture and civilisation.

Ernest Barker (Author)

9781107653108, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 March 2012

380 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.48 kg

This 1948 collection contains eight essays by Sir Ernest Barker. All but one of these essays appeared for the first time in this volume. As to the title, Johnson defined 'civility' as 'the state of being civilised', and the title itself, Traditions of Civility, is quoted from Coventry Patmore, who uses the word in Johnson's sense. The book may be described as a series of individual studies in the history of culture and civilisation. The first five essays are united by the common theme of the legacy of Greece. The last three essays are independent; but the theme of tradition and the keynote of continuity are common to all.

Preface
1. Greek influences in English life and thought
2. Cycles of change in the island of Rhodes
3. Dante and the last voyage of Ulysses
4. The connection of the Renaissance and the Reformation
5. The education of the English gentleman in the sixteenth century
6. Oliver Cromwell and the English people
7. Paley and his political philosophy
8. Natural law and the American Revolution
Index.

Subject Areas: Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1]