De Republica Anglorum - A Discourse on the Commonwealth of England

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Smith is a prolific poet. He has published free verse poems, limericks, and haiku in a number of literary journals, the latter including journals of the Haiku Society of America, British Haiku Society, and Haiku Canada. Klappentext This 1906 book contains the original 1583 text of De republica Anglorum, Sir Thomas Smith's study of the English social, judicial and political systems. Zusammenfassung Sir Thomas Smith (1513–77) was a humanist scholar, colonialist and diplomat, and also held a prominent position in the court of Queen Elizabeth. First published in 1906, this book contains the original 1583 text of De republica Anglorum, Smith's pioneering study of the English social, judicial and political systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; To the reader (1583); A necessarie table of all the principall matters contained in this booke; De republica Anglorum; Appendix A. The later editions; Appendix B. Extracts from Harrison's Description of England; Appendix C. Certain MSS. readings.

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• Authors: F. W. Maitland, Sir Thomas Smith, Thomas Smith
• Assisted by: L. Alston (Editor), Alston L. (Editor), F. W. Maitland (Foreword)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.06.2013
• EAN: 9781107615724
• ISBN: 978-1-107-61572-4
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; England, European History, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, HISTORY / Europe / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, British & Irish history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy