{"product_id":"9782503507750","title":"Emblemata ethico-politica (Antwerp, 1661)","description":"With its 160 emblems this book is a veritable catalogue of mid-seventeenth life and morality. Its title advertises the book's \"social-political\" concern with civic morality, and embraces the whole of society from kings to beggars. The scope of this emblem book, written by a Dutch Jesuit working in Germany, is impressive. The major themes are religious faith, God, eternity,kingly conduct, war, victory, courtly life, advice to rulers, education, virtue, moderation, conscience, self-knowledge, modesty and chastity. He also treats bourgeois life and values, transience, folly, chance, vanity and satires on women. In fact, Kreihing has something to say about almost everything: gambling, gossip, gluttony, prostitution, suicide, pick-pockets, dress codes, cosmetics, nude bathing, bribery, female treachery, illicit love and taxation. The full introduction is followed by an alphabetical list of Kreihing's mottoes with their English translations. A second index lists the key motifs in the emblem pictures With its 160 emblems this book is a veritable catalogue of mid-seventeenth century life and morality, advertising 'social-political' concern with civic morality, and embraces the whole of society from kings to beggars.","brand":"Brepols Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048406794480,"sku":"9782503507750","price":98.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9782503507750_p0.gif?v=1763694653","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9782503507750","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}