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INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION The three papers mustered here, born as a conference session, grew up together amidst a long and pleasant conversation among their authors. It was Scott Taylor who, in the Fall of 2000, assembled us for a ses- sion on the anthropology of early modern honor at Sixteenth Century Studies in Cleveland. Our commentator was one goad to consultation and continued talk; Richard Kagan boisterously denied the premise of the session. Only one paper of the three, he claimed, could vaunt the label anthropology . We other authors, of course, demurred, but with hind- sight concluded that the anthropology that shot through our essays had been too understated, too quietly assumed; for a public hearing, it had needed a higher pedestal or a louder voice. Persuaded that we had a common theme and sack of intellectual problems, we resolved to try for joint publication. We worked together, passing back and forth our drafts, to assure common focus and harmony of vision. Like the papers, this introductory essay thus has also crossed three desks and screens. It aims to point out the thematic unity of our project. After Cleveland, Scott Taylor had to withdraw his essay, a work on http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Early Modern History Brill

INTRODUCTION

Journal of Early Modern History , Volume 7 (1-2): 5 – Jan 1, 2003

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1385-3783
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1570-0658
DOI
10.1163/157006503322487322
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION The three papers mustered here, born as a conference session, grew up together amidst a long and pleasant conversation among their authors. It was Scott Taylor who, in the Fall of 2000, assembled us for a ses- sion on the anthropology of early modern honor at Sixteenth Century Studies in Cleveland. Our commentator was one goad to consultation and continued talk; Richard Kagan boisterously denied the premise of the session. Only one paper of the three, he claimed, could vaunt the label anthropology . We other authors, of course, demurred, but with hind- sight concluded that the anthropology that shot through our essays had been too understated, too quietly assumed; for a public hearing, it had needed a higher pedestal or a louder voice. Persuaded that we had a common theme and sack of intellectual problems, we resolved to try for joint publication. We worked together, passing back and forth our drafts, to assure common focus and harmony of vision. Like the papers, this introductory essay thus has also crossed three desks and screens. It aims to point out the thematic unity of our project. After Cleveland, Scott Taylor had to withdraw his essay, a work on

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Journal of Early Modern HistoryBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2003

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