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Walter Ralegh's "History of the World" and the Historical Culture of the Late Renaissance
Nicholas Popper
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Description for Walter Ralegh's "History of the World" and the Historical Culture of the Late Renaissance
Paperback. Imprisoned in the Tower of London after the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, Sir Walter Ralegh spent seven years producing his massive History of the World. The author uses Ralegh's History as a touchstone to explore the culture of history writing and historical thinking in the late Renaissance. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Imprisoned in the Tower of London after the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, Sir Walter Ralegh spent seven years producing his massive History of the World. Created with the aid of a library of more than five hundred books that he was allowed to keep in his quarters, this incredible work of English vernacular would become a best seller, with nearly twenty editions, abridgments, and continuations issued in the years that followed. Nicholas Popper uses Ralegh's History as a touchstone in this lively exploration of the culture of history writing and historical thinking in the late Renaissance. From Popper ... Read more
Imprisoned in the Tower of London after the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, Sir Walter Ralegh spent seven years producing his massive History of the World. Created with the aid of a library of more than five hundred books that he was allowed to keep in his quarters, this incredible work of English vernacular would become a best seller, with nearly twenty editions, abridgments, and continuations issued in the years that followed. Nicholas Popper uses Ralegh's History as a touchstone in this lively exploration of the culture of history writing and historical thinking in the late Renaissance. From Popper ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226213965
SKU
V9780226213965
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About Nicholas Popper
Nicholas Popper is assistant professor in the Department of History at the College of William and Mary.
Reviews for Walter Ralegh's "History of the World" and the Historical Culture of the Late Renaissance
"In this learned, lively, and original book, Popper offers a detailed and penetrating analysis of Walter Ralegh's historical ideas and practices. At the same time, he recreates the larger world of Renaissance historical culture, and he sets Ralegh's work into its context in a way that brilliantly illuminates both." (Anthony Grafton, author of Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community ... Read more