Thomas Starkey and the Commonwealth - Humanist Politics and Religion in the Reign of Henry VIII

Klappentext A portrait of Thomas Starkey (c. 1495 1538)! the most Italianate Englishman of his generation. Zusammenfassung Thomas Starkey (c. 1495–1538) was the most Italianate Englishman of his generation. This book places Starkey into new and more appropriate contexts, both biographical and intellectual, taking him out of others in which he does not belong, from displaced Roundhead to follower of Marsilio of Padua. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; A note on citations and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Early life and education; 2. Humanism from the source; 3. 'Occasyon and tyme wyl never be restorey agayne': Pole, Paris and the dialogue; 4. A responsible aristocracy; 5. The dialogue in classical and 'medieval' tradition; 6. An English spirituale; 7. 'Homo politicus et regalis'; 8. Writing for the drawer; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Thomas Mayer, Thomas F. Mayer, Mayer Thomas, Mayer Thomas
• Assisted by: Anthony Fletcher (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2002
• EAN: 9780521521284
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52128-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Biography: historical, political and military, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1700 To C 1800