Noble Life

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Lagerstam, Liisa
A Noble Life. The Cultural Biography of Gabriel Kurck (1630–1712)
Translation Susan Sinisalo
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae. Humaniora 349
Jyväskylä 2007, 394 pp.
A Noble Life takes its reader on a novel journey to the world of the early modern era. The leading character is a 17th century Swedish aristocrat, Gabriel Kurck. Lagerstam examines the life of Kurck, fascinating in its very ordinariness, through letters, memoirs, official records, paintings and artefacts. She also seeks to provide an insight into to complex, fragmentary concept of manhood in an era past. The result is a colourful portrait of the life of one aristocrat; of a child's belief in angels, the civility of a cavalier, the courage of an officer, the duties of a Crown servant, a husband's love and a father's grief.
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ISBN 978-951-41-1018-4
ISSN 1239-6982
Publisher Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia
Series Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae. Humaniora
Published (year) 2007
Cover Softcover
Type of Binding Softcover binding
Languages english
Disciplines Biographical Research
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