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Laughing Histories breaks new ground by exploring moments of
laughter in early modern Europe, showing how laughter was inflected
by gender and social power. "I dearly love a laugh," declared Jane
Austen's heroine Elizabeth Bennet, and her wit won the heart of the
aristocratic Mr. Darcy. Yet the widely read Earl of Chesterfield
asserted that only "the mob" would laugh out loud; the gentleman
should merely smile. This literary contrast raises important
historical questions: how did social rules constrain laughter? Did
the highest elites really laugh less than others? How did laughter
play out in relations between the sexes? Through fascinating case
studies of individuals such as the Renaissance artist Benvenuto
Cellini, the French aristocrat Madame de Sevigne, and the rising
civil servant and diarist Samuel Pepys, Laughing Histories reveals
the multiple meanings of laughter, from the court to the tavern and
street, in a complex history that paved the way for modern
laughter. With its study of laughter in relation to power,
aggression, gender, sex, class, and social bonding, Laughing
Histories is perfect for readers interested in the history of
emotions, cultural history, gender history, and literature.
Laughing Histories breaks new ground by exploring moments of
laughter in early modern Europe, showing how laughter was inflected
by gender and social power. "I dearly love a laugh," declared Jane
Austen's heroine Elizabeth Bennet, and her wit won the heart of the
aristocratic Mr. Darcy. Yet the widely read Earl of Chesterfield
asserted that only "the mob" would laugh out loud; the gentleman
should merely smile. This literary contrast raises important
historical questions: how did social rules constrain laughter? Did
the highest elites really laugh less than others? How did laughter
play out in relations between the sexes? Through fascinating case
studies of individuals such as the Renaissance artist Benvenuto
Cellini, the French aristocrat Madame de Sevigne, and the rising
civil servant and diarist Samuel Pepys, Laughing Histories reveals
the multiple meanings of laughter, from the court to the tavern and
street, in a complex history that paved the way for modern
laughter. With its study of laughter in relation to power,
aggression, gender, sex, class, and social bonding, Laughing
Histories is perfect for readers interested in the history of
emotions, cultural history, gender history, and literature.
This volume documents the final eighteen years of William Penn's
life, from 1701 to 1718. It opens with his last months as resident
proprietor of Pennsylvania-a moment of great importance in the
political history of the colony. It ends with his death on 30 July
1718, after a lingering illness.
Volume III covers Penn's return to England, his appeal to James II
to support religious toleration, his struggle to reestablish his
position in England and to manage his colony in America, and his
return to Pennsylvania in 1699.
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