The Honorable Burden of Public Office : English Humanists and Tudor Politics in the Sixteenth Century
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1433109573
ISBN-13
9781433109577
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New
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 9th, 2010
Print length
278 Pages
Weight
530 grams
Dimensions
15.80 x 23.20 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700Social & cultural historyPhilosophy
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Demonstrates how the integration of ideas and actions transformed politics and society in the sixteenth century. This title traces the rise of civic humanism in England through the lives and careers of six prominent Elizabethans - John Cheke, Walter Haddon, Thomas Wilson, Thomas Smith, Nicholas Bacon, and William Cecil.
The Honorable Burden of Public Office traces the rise of civic humanism in England through the lives and careers of six prominent Elizabethans – John Cheke, Walter Haddon, Thomas Wilson, Thomas Smith, Nicholas Bacon, and William Cecil. It not only recreates the network of intricate relationships and activities that reshaped Elizabethan political culture, it explores the connections between English humanism and the Continental Renaissance, and it shows the development of England’s emerging classical culture within a broader European context. A solid, detailed, and original scholarly work based on extensive archival research, The Honorable Burden of Public Office demonstrates how the integration of ideas and actions transformed politics and society in the sixteenth century.
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