Cooley, Ronald W.

'Full of All Knowledg' : George Herbert's Country Parson and Early Modern Social Discourse. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (247 pages) - Mental and Cultural World of Tudor and Stuart England Series . - Mental and Cultural World of Tudor and Stuart England Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Country Parson and the Early Stuart Church -- 3 The Country Parson and the Enclosure of Professional Fields -- 4 The Country Parson and the Parson's Country -- 5 Pastor as Patriarch: Gender, Family, and Social Order in The Country Parson -- 6 The Country Parson and The Temple: Enabled Readings -- 7 Modernity, Teleology, and The Country Parson -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

In positioning George Herbert as a spokesman for a legal-rational social order, and in placing The Country Parsonin its cultural milieu, Cooley reveals a new dimension to Herbert's work and provides a valuable tool for future study of Herbert and seventeenth-century culture and history.

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Herbert, George,-1593-1633-Political and social views.
Herbert, George,-1593-1633.-Priest to the temple.
Pastoral theology-History of doctrines-17th century.
Rural clergy-England-History-17th century.


Electronic books.

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