The Family Life of Ralph Josselin, a Seventeenth-Century Clergyman An Essay in Historical Anthropology |
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| Author:
| Macfarlane, Alan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-393-00849-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 1977 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.95 |
Book Description:
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Ralph Josselin, vicar of Earls Colne in Essex from 1641 to his death in 1683, kept for almost forty years a remarkably detailed account of his life-his mental and emotional world as well as his activities. Few diaries from this period afford such a rounded picture of a family from so many aspects. Alan Macfarlane, a historian and lecturer in social anthropology at Cambridge University, explores through the diary Josselin's life as a farmer, businessman, Puritan clergyman, neighbor,...
More DescriptionRalph Josselin, vicar of Earls Colne in Essex from 1641 to his death in 1683, kept for almost forty years a remarkably detailed account of his life-his mental and emotional world as well as his activities. Few diaries from this period afford such a rounded picture of a family from so many aspects. Alan Macfarlane, a historian and lecturer in social anthropology at Cambridge University, explores through the diary Josselin's life as a farmer, businessman, Puritan clergyman, neighbor, husband, and father, providing a unique view of seventeenth-century life from the inside.