Winter King
Winter King

Author: Thomas Penn

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-03-12

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 1439191573

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Originally published in Great Britain by Penguin Books Ltd., 2011.

Bacon: The History of the Reign of King Henry VII and Selected Works
Bacon: The History of the Reign of King Henry VII and Selected Works

Author: Francis Bacon

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-02-19

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780521586634

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This is a major 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.

Fiction and the Frontiers of Knowledge in Europe, 1500-1800
Fiction and the Frontiers of Knowledge in Europe, 1500-1800

Author: Richard Scholar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-15

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1317135520

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The uses of fiction in early modern Europe are far more varied than is often assumed by those who consider fiction to be synonymous with the novel. The contributors to this volume demonstrate the significant role that fiction plays in early modern European culture, not only in a variety of its literary genres, but also in its formation of philosophical ideas, political theories, and the law. The volume explores these uses of fiction in a series of interrelated case studies, ranging from the Italian Renaissance to the French Revolution and examining the work of, among others, Montaigne, Corneille, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, and Diderot. It asks: Where does fiction live, and thrive? Under what conditions, and to what ends? It suggests that fiction is best understood not as a genre or a discipline but, instead, as a frontier: one that demarcates literary genres and disciplines of knowledge and which, crucially, allows for the circulation of ideas between them.