
Walter Ralegh's "History of the World" and the Historical Culture of the Late Renaissance
Nicholas Popper(Author)
University of Chicago Press
Will be published approx. on 30. October 2012
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-226-67500-8 (ISBN)
Description
Imprisoned in the Tower of London after the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, Sir Walter Ralegh spent the next seven years producing his massive "History of the World". Created with the aid of a library of more than five hundred books 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 we learn why early modern Europeans ascribed heightened value to the study of the past and how scholars and statesmen began to see historical expertise as not just a foundation for political practice and theory, but a means of advancing their power in the courts and councils of contemporary Europe. The rise of historical scholarship during this period encouraged the circulation of its methods to other disciplines, transforming Europe's intellectual - and political - regimes.
More than a mere study of Ralegh's book, Popper's book reveals how the methods historians devised to illuminate the past structured the dynamics of early modernity in Europe and England.
More than a mere study of Ralegh's book, Popper's book reveals how the methods historians devised to illuminate the past structured the dynamics of early modernity in Europe and England.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 24 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
709 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-67500-8 (9780226675008)
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Nicholas Popper is assistant professor in the Department of History at the College of William and Mary.