The history of the reign of King Henry the Seventh

A new ed., with introduction, annotation, and interpretive essay / by Jerry Weinberger.
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The history of the reign of King Henry the Seventh

A new ed., with introduction, annotation, and interpretive essay / by Jerry Weinberger.
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Jerry Weinberger reinterprets Francis Bacon's History and defines its importance to the rise of modern republicanism, liberalism, and the politics of progress. His introduction describes the background of Bacon's History, placing it in the context of Bacon's work and the sources he may have used. Weinberger comments on the changing reputation and interpretation of the History and discusses its significance as a work of early modern political philosophy.

The text of the History follows, accompanied by extensive explanatory footnotes. Weinberger's annotations establish the relationship of the text to the surviving manuscript, the first printed edition, and the Latin translation. In addition, they show Bacon's differences from the earlier historians on whom he relied, explain obsolete words, and clarify matters of historical chronology and fact.

In his interpretive essay, Weinberger discusses contemporary debates on how best to approach and understand the History. He suggests that Bacon's apparently contradictory work is a subtle and seamless picture of the modern state. The History is not just an account of the first Tudor monarch, Weinberger claims: it also presents Bacon's teachings about the moral and political ends of modern progress. At its deepest level, Bacon's work reopens the ageless questions of political philosophy.

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The history of the reign of King Henry the Seventh
1996, Cornell University Press
in English - A new ed., with introduction, annotation, and interpretive essay / by Jerry Weinberger.
Cover of: The  history of the reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth and Queen Mary.
The history of the reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth and Queen Mary.
1676, Printed by W. G. for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, R. Chiswell, and J. Edwyn
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Ithaca

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
942.05
Library of Congress
DA330 .B12 1996, DA330.B12 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
260 p. ;
Number of pages
260

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL793256M
Internet Archive
historyofreignof00baco_0
ISBN 10
0801430674
LCCN
95025862
OCLC/WorldCat
33361406
Library Thing
420397
Goodreads
1557966

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