Love, Friendship and Faith in Europe, 1300-1800

This ground-breaking volume explores the terrain of friendship against the historical backdrop of early modern Europe. In these thought-provoking essays the terms of friendship are explored - from the most intimate and erotically charged to the reciprocities of village life. This is a rich offering in social and cultural history that is attuned to the pervasive language of religion. A hidden history is revealed - of friendships that we have lost, and of friendships starkly, and movingly, familiar.

JONATHAN DURRANT Lecturer in Early Modern History, Cardiff University, UK TIM HITCHCOCK Professor of Eighteenth-Century History, University of Hertfordshire, UK KLAUS OSCHEMA Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Bern, Switzerland ALEXANDRA SHEPARD Lecturer in History, University of Cambridge, UK ALAN STEWART Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, USA ADAM SUTCLIFFE Associate Professor of European Jewish History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA NAOMI TADMOR Lecturer in History, University of Sussex, UK VALERIE TRAUB Professor of English and Women's Studies, University of Michigan, USA