TY - BOOK AU - Hellerstedt,Andreas ED - Project Muse. TI - Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century / T2 - Knowledge communities SN - 9789048535101 PY - 2018///] CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Virtue KW - fast KW - Moral education KW - Ethics KW - HISTORY KW - Europe KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Social History KW - Reference KW - Essays KW - Civilization KW - Literature: history & criticism KW - bicssc KW - Literary studies: classical, early & medieval KW - European history KW - Éducation morale KW - Histoire KW - Morale KW - Vertus KW - History KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Frontmatter --; Table of contents --; List of figures --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction; Hellerstedt, Andreas --; Eustratius of Nicaea as a source for the Neoplatonist notion of levels of virtue in the Early Latin commentators on the Nicomachean Ethics; Eliasson, Erik --; Teaching virtue through the law; Tjällen, Biörn --; The tree and its fruit; Eyice, Mari --; Fostering civic virtue; Preste, Tania --; Dancing virtue; Rota, Stefano Fogelberg --; The path to virtue; Kolrud, Kristine --; Virtue and duty; Lindberg, Bo --; The Royal Rhetor; Nell, Jennie --; Antagonistic parents in Frances Brooke 's The Old Maid and The History of Julia Mandeville; Vance, Michaela --; Cracks in the mirror; Hellerstedt, Andreas --; Index; Open Access N2 - This book argues that pre-modern societies were characterized by the quest for 'virtue '. The concept of virtue, complicated and much fought-over, permeated society, encouraging wisdom, courage, and justice, while simultaneously legitimizing social hierarchies based on sex and nationality. By examining pedagogical texts, rituals, performances, and images, this book illuminates the evolution of virtue through time, helping readers understand the guiding principles of historical action UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/66669/ ER -