Social norms -- Early works to 1800
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A Philosophical Dissertation Upon Death, Composed for the Consolation of the Unhappy (title page has "Phliosophical"; London: W. Mears, 1732), by Alberto Radicati
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Filed under: Social norms- Context: Further Selected Essays on Productivity, Creativity, Parenting, and Politics in the 21st Century (2011), by Cory Doctorow (multiple formats with commentary at craphound.com)
- Pseudo-Cyprianus De XII Abusivis Saeculi; Fragmente der Homilien des Cyrill von Alexandrien zum Lukasevangelium (volume from the series Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Altchristlichen Literatur; texts in Latin and Greek, notes and commentaries in German; Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1909), by Pseudo-Cyprian and Saint Cyril, ed. by Siegmund Hellmann and Joseph Sickenberger
- Ancient Law, by Henry Sumner Maine (text files at McMaster)
- Constitution and Laws of the Muskogee Nation (Muskogee, Indian Terr.: F. C. Hubbard, 1893), by Muscogee (Creek) Nation, ed. by A. P. McKellop (page images at Google; US access only)
- A Code of Gentoo Laws, or, Ordinations of the Pundits, from a Persian Translation, Made from the Original, Written in the Shanscrit Language (London, 1776), trans. by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed
- Constitution and Laws of the Cherokee Nation (St. Louis: R. and T. A. Ennis, 1875), by Cherokee Nation, ed. by W. P. Boudinot, Daniel H. Ross, and J. A. Scales (page images at Google)
- Welsh Tribal Law and Custom in the Middle Ages (1926), by Thomas Peter Ellis
- A Share of the Harvest: Kinship, Property and Social History Among the Malays of Rembau (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988), by Michael G. Peletz (HTML at UC Press)
- The Romance of the Law Merchant: Being an Introduction to the Study of International and Commercial Law, With Some Account of the Commerce and Fairs of the Middle Ages (London: Sweet and Maxwell Ltd., 1923), by Wyndham Anstis Bewes, contrib. by Richard Atkin (page images at HathiTrust)
- Victorian Pastoral: Tennyson, Hardy, and the Subversion of Forms (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1989), by Owen Schur (PDF at Ohio State)
- An Universal, Historical, Geographical, Chronological and Poetical Dictionary (2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Hartley et al., 1703) (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Book of the Ordre of Chyualry, by Ramon Llull, trans. by William Caxton (PDF at shipbrook.net)
- The Flower of Battles, With Harness and Without, on Horse and on Foot (modern literal translation of 15th century Flos Duellatorum), by Fiore dei Liberi, trans. by Hermes Michelini (illustrated HTML at aemma.org)
- Brief Instructions Upon My Paradoxes of Defence, by George Silver (HTML at pbm.com)
- The Flower of Battles, With Harness and Without, on Horse and on Foot (modern literal translation of 15th century Flos Duellatorum), by Fiore dei Liberi, trans. by Hermes Michelini (illustrated HTML at aemma.org)
- Paradoxes of Defence, by George Silver (illustrated HTML at pbm.com)
- The English Gentlewoman, Drawne Out to the Full Body: Expressing What Habilliments Doe Best Attire Her, What Ornaments Doe Best Adorne Her, What Complements Doe Best Accomplish Her (London: Printed by B. Alsop and T. Fawcet, 1631), by Richard Brathwaite (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Il Cortegiano: or, The Courtier, Written by Conte Baldassar Castiglione, and a New Version of the Same into English; Together With Several of His Celebrated Pieces, As Well Latin as Italian, Both in Prose and Verse; To Which is Prefix'd the Life of the Author (in Italian and English side by side; London: Printed by W. Bowyer, 1727), by Baldassarre Castiglione (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Book of the Courtier, by Baldassarre Castiglione, ed. by Walter Raleigh, trans. by Thomas Hoby (HTML at Renascence Editions)
- Il Cortegiano del Conte Baldesar Castiglione (second edition, in Italian; Florence: G. C. Sansoni, 1910), by Baldassarre Castiglione, ed. by Vittorio Cian (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Master Walter Map's Book, De Nugis Curialium (Courtier's Trifles) (London: Chatto and Windus, 1924), by Walter Map, trans. by Frederick Tupper and Marbury Blade Ogle
- Master Walter Map's Book, De Nugis Curialium (Courtier's Trifles) (New York: Macmillan, 1924), by Walter Map, trans. by Frederick Tupper and Marbury Blade Ogle (page images at HathiTrust)
- Walter Map: De Nugis Curialium (Anecdota Oxoniensa Mediaeval and Modern Series #14; text in Latin and commentary in English; 1914), by Walter Map, ed. by M. R. James (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Nest of Ninnies, Simply of Themselves Without Compound (London: Printed by T. E. for J. Deane, 1608), by Robert Armin (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- The Works of Robert Armin, Actor (1605-1609) (London: Printed for the subscribers, 1880), by Robert Armin, ed. by Alexander Balloch Grosart
- Ebrietatis Encomium: or, The Praise of Drunkeness ("reprinted from the scarce London edition of 1723"; New York: Privately printed, 1910), by Albert-Henri de Sallengre, ed. by Lewis M. Thompson, trans. by Robert Samber (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Marchants Avizo: Verie Necessarie for Their Sonnes and Servants, When They First Send Them Beyond The Seas, as to Spayne and Portingale, or Other Countreyes (London: Impr. by T. Orwin, 1590), by J. B. (page images at Yale)
- The Whole Art of the Stage: Containing Not Only the Rules of the Drammatick Art, But Many Curious Observations About It, Which May Be of Great Use to the Authors, Actors, and Spectators of Plays, Together With Much Critical Learning About the Stage and Plays of the Antients (London: Printed for the author and sold by W. Cadman et al., 1684), by François-Hédelin Aubignac (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya (English translations only; 1921), by Śaṅkarācārya, trans. by S. Venkataramanan (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- The Analysis of Beauty: Written With a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste (London: J. Reeves, 1753), by William Hogarth (page images at Wisconsin)
- A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757), by Edmund Burke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Indagación Filosófica Sobre el Orígen de Nuestras Ideas Acerca de lo Sublime y lo Bello (in Spanish; Alcalá: Oficina de la Real Universidad, 1807), by Edmund Burke, trans. by Juan de la Dehesa (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Essay on the Beautiful (From the Greek of Plotinus) (London: J. M. Watkins, 1917), by Plotinus, trans. by Thomas Taylor (Gutenberg text)
- Laocoon: An Essay Upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry, With Remarks Illustrative of Various Points in the History of Ancient Art (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1887), by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, trans. by Ellen Frothingham
- A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, by Edmund Burke (HTML at Bartleby)
- Aristotle on the Art of Poetry (aka Poetics), by Aristotle, trans. by Ingram Bywater, contrib. by Gilbert Murray (Gutenberg text)
- Poetics, by Aristotle, trans. by S. H. Butcher (Gutenberg text)
- Poetics, by Aristotle, trans. by W. Hamilton Fyfe (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- The Art of Poetry: An Epistle to the Pisos (in Latin and English), by Horace, ed. by George Colman (Gutenberg text)
- Rhetoric, by Aristotle, trans. by W. Rhys Roberts (HTML at Internet Classics)
- Rhetoric, by Aristotle, trans. by John Henry Freese (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- A Geographical Historie of Africa (London: G. Bishop, 1600), by Leo Africanus, trans. by John Pory
- The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (London: The author, 1789), by Olaudah Equiano
- The Travels of Ibn Batūta;: Translated from the Abridged Arabic Manuscript Copies Preserved in the Public Library of Cambridge, With Notes Illustrative of the History, Geography, Botany, Antiques, &c Occurring Throughout the Work (London: Printed for the Oriental Translation Committee, 1829), by Ibn Batuta, ed. by Samuel Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Caution to Great Britain and Her Colonies, in a Short Representation of the Calamitous State of the Enslaved Negroes in the British Dominions (new edition; London: J. Phillips, 1785), by Anthony Benezet
- Relations of the Most Famous Kingdomes and Common-Wealths Thorowout the World, Discoursing of Their Situations, Religions, Languages, Manners, Customes, strengths, Greatnesse, and Policies (London: Printed by I. Haviland for I. Partridge, 1630), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms and Common-Weales Thorough the World, Discoursing of Their Scituations, Manners, Customes, Strengthes and Pollicies (London: Printed for J. Jaggard, 1611), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson
- The Periplus of Hanno: A Voyage of Discovery Down the West African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth Century B.C. (Philadelphia: Commercial Museum, 1912), by Hanno, trans. by Wilfred H. Schoff (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Discourse Intended to Commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus: Delivered at the Request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts, on the 23d day of October, 1792, Being the Completion of the Third Century Since That Memorable Event; To Which Are Added Four Dissertations (Boston: Belknap and Hall, 1792), by Jeremy Belknap
- A Complete History of Algiers; To Which is Prefixed, An Epitome of the General History of Barbary, From the Earliest Times, Interspersed With Many Curious Passages and Remarks, Not Touched on by Any Writer Whatever (London: Printed by J. Bettenham for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1731), by J. Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
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