Bacon: The History of the Reign of King Henry VII and Selected Works
Part of Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
- Real Author: Francis Bacon
- Editor: Brian Vickers, Centre for Renaissance Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
- Date Published: February 1998
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521583763
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This is a major student edition of the text described as 'the first modern classic of English history'. Bacon's penetration into human motives, his life-long experience of politics and government, and his remarkable literary skills, render this History of the Reign of King Henry VII a major work of English literature and an important document in the history of political thought. The introduction places Bacon's History in the context of Renaissance historiography, revealing its debt to Tacitus, and shows Bacon's originality in re-ordering traditional material to make a coherent psychological analysis of the King's actions. In addition to the usual series features and supporting contextual material (including relevant Essays by Bacon), generous editorial footnotes explain the historical and political issues of the reign of Henry VII, and a substantial glossary clarifies Bacon's rich but sometimes unfamiliar vocabulary.
Read more- Major edition of major Renaissance text by senior scholar
- Important literary/Renaissance studies crossover audience
- Important complement to Erasmus and More editions in same series
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- Date Published: February 1998
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521583763
- length: 338 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 21 mm
- weight: 0.54kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Editor's Note
Introduction
Principal events in Bacon's Life
Select bibliography
The History of the Reign of King Henry VII
Bacon's fragmentary histories
Selections from the Essays (1625) including of simulation and dissimulation
Of seditions and troubles
Of empire
Of counsel
Of the true greatness of kingdoms and estates
Glossary
Index.
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