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The history of the reign of King Henry VII and selected works

This is a major new student edition of the text described as 'the first modern classic of English history'. Bacon's penetration into human motives, his life-long experience of politics and government, and his remarkable literary skills, render this History of the Reign of King Henry VII a major work of English literature and an important document in the history of political thought. The introduction places Bacon's History in the context of Renaissance historiography, revealing its debt to Tacitus, and shows Bacon's originality in re-ordering traditional material to make a coherent psychological analysis of the King's actions. In addition to the usual series features and supporting contextual material (including relevant Essays by Bacon), generous editorial footnotes explain the historical and political issues of the reign of Henry VII, and a substantial glossary clarifies Bacon's rich but sometimes unfamiliar vocabulary
Print Book, English, 1998
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1998
History
xlv, 284 pages ; 23 cm.
9780521583763, 9780521586634, 0521583764, 0521586631
36930726
Principal events in Bacon's life
The History of the Reign of King Henry VII
Fragmentary histories
The History of the Reign of K. Henry the Eighth, K. Edward, Q. Mary, and Part of the Reign of Q. Elizabeth
The beginning of the History of Great Britain
The beginning of the History of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth
From the Essays (1625)
Of Simulation and Dissimulation
Of Seditions and Troubles
Of Empire
Of Counsel
Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates
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