The History of the Reign of Henry the Seventh Hardcover - 1996
by Francis Bacon; Jerry Weinberger (Editor)
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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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- Title The History of the Reign of Henry the Seventh
- Author Francis Bacon; Jerry Weinberger (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London
- Date 1996-05-02
- ISBN 9780801430671 / 0801430674
- Weight 3.79 lbs (1.72 kg)
- Dimensions 9.36 x 6.3 x 2.65 in (23.77 x 16.00 x 6.73 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - History - Henry VII,
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95025862
- Dewey Decimal Code 942.05
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