Bacon The History of the Reign of King Henry VII and Selected Works

Name: Bacon The History of the Reign of King Henry VII and Selected Works
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ISBN: 9780521586634

ISBN-10: 0521586631

ISBN-13: 9780521586634

Edition: 1998 (Student Manual, Study Guide, etc.)

Authors: Francis Bacon, Raymond Geuss, Quentin. Skinner, Brian Vickers

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This is a major new 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…

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List price: $45.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/19/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 338
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



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