{"product_id":"caritas-katie-barclay-9780198868132","title":"Caritas: Neighbourly Love and the Early Modern Self","description":"\u003cem\u003eCaritas\u003c\/em\u003e, a form of grace that turned our love for our neighbour into a spiritual practice, was expected of all early modern Christians, and corresponded with a set of ethical rules for living that displayed one's love in the everyday. \u003cem\u003eCaritas\u003c\/em\u003e was not just a willingness to behave morally, to keep the peace, and to uphold social order however, but was expected to be felt as a strong passion, like that of a parent to a child. \u003cem\u003eCaritas: Neighbourly Love and the Early Modern Self\u003c\/em\u003e explores the importance of \u003cem\u003ecaritas\u003c\/em\u003e to early modern communities, introducing the concept of the 'emotional ethic' to explain how neighbourly love become not only a code for moral living but a part of felt experience. As an emotional ethic, \u003cem\u003ecaritas\u003c\/em\u003e was an embodied norm, where physical feeling and bodily practices guided right action, and was practiced in the choices and actions of everyday life. Using a case study of the Scottish lower orders, this book highlights how \u003cem\u003ecaritas\u003c\/em\u003e shaped relationships between men and women, families, and the broader community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing on marriage, childhood and youth, 'sinful sex', privacy and secrecy, and hospitality towards the itinerant poor, \u003cem\u003eCaritas\u003c\/em\u003e provides a rich analysis of the emotional lives of the poor and the embodied moral framework that guided their behaviour. Charting the period 1660 to 1830, it highlights how caritas evolved in response to the growing significance of romantic love, as well as new ideas of social relation between men, such as fraternity and benevolence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katie Barclay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198868138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198868132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Katie Barclay","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43982862287103,"sku":"9780198868132","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50070e26-1c2d-4693-aa12-1715cbebabc6.jpg?v=1683263407","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/caritas-katie-barclay-9780198868132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}