Jacob Campo Weyerman's Comments on the Customs and Manners of His Time : : A Merry Moralist / / Lyckle de Vries.
Weyerman was the author and editor of a satirical weekly periodical of which two volumes are analysed here. They are a primary source on the customs and manners of urbanised Western Europe, especially Holland, in the early eighteenth century.
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| Superior document: | Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History Series ; Volume 72 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2024] ©2024 |
| Year of Publication: | 2024 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ;
Volume 72. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (290 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 Career
- 2 Sources
- 3 Satire
- 4 Style
- 5 Urban Culture
- 6 Reputation
- 7 Conclusion
- Chapter 1 An Adventurous Eyewitness
- 1 Telling the Truth with a Smile
- 2 Self Portrait of a Man-about-Town
- Chapter 2 A Country and Its Inhabitants
- 1 National Identity
- 2 A Princely Republic
- 3 The English
- 4 The Merchant
- 5 Nobility
- 6 Noble Vices
- 7 Harmful Luxuries
- Chapter 3 Variations on the Seventh Commandment
- 1 Love, Adoration, and Contempt
- 2 The Undisciplined
- 3 The Libertines
- 4 Marriage
- 5 The Outsiders
- Chapter 4 A Civilised People
- 1 Humanity and Culture
- 2 Science
- 3 Dangerous Professions
- 4 Literature
- 5 Theatre
- Chapter 5 Knowing and Believing
- 1 Philosophy and Religion
- 2 The Pope
- 3 Monks and Nuns
- 4 The Jesuits
- 5 Religious Superstition
- 6 Secular Superstition
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index of Persons
- Index of Places.