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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• Autori: Thomas Mayer, Thomas F. Mayer, Mayer Thomas
• Con la collaborazione di: Anthony Fletcher (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.08.2002
• EAN: 9780521521284
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52128-4
• Pagine: 328
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia