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Introduces the sensibility of the era. Major figures are introduced. Parish level arrangements ordered in the previous century. Several approaches to formulating quality of life are presented. The work of Searchers, parish clerks and their Company described. The chapter lists some documentary sources.
Tis all one to lie in St. Innocent’s churchyard as in the sands of Egypt.
(Sir Thomas Browne 1658)
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Jordan, T.E. (2017). Introduction. In: Quality of Life and Mortality in Seventeenth Century London and Dublin. SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44368-3_1
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