Lord Henry Howard (1540-1614): an Elizabethan Life
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Lord Henry Howard (1540-1614): an Elizabethan Life by D C Andersson
A profound and sophisticated understanding of Howard's intellectual universe and literary production'. JONATHAN WOLFSON Born the second son of the poet Earl of Surrey, Henry Howard was a Cambridge scholar, courtier and crypto-Catholic intriguer of suspicious repute; after falling in and out of favour with Elizabeth I, he eventually became the most important adviser to James I. Rather than view him through the prism of Jacobean court and political life, as the sparse previous critical attention has tended to do, this detailed reassessment places him in the context of scholarship on Renaissance humanism and its varied interactions with the different styles of argument and persuasion that Howard used, often to no avail, to improve his position during troubled times. The book will be of huge importance to all those interested in the intellectual, religious or political history of early modern England.
This learned biography is a valuable contribution to our understanding of a figure whose years on the fringes of the Court have been overlooked in favour of his more notorious ones at the heart of it* NOTES & QUERIES *
[This] learned study of the Elizabethan Howard is very welcome. [It] brings valuable insight to our understanding of a man whose relevance to Elizabethan politics has been overlooked. Most importantly, Andersson, leading by example, calls on other scholars to look afresh at the intellectual culture of the Elizabethan period. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *
[This] learned study of the Elizabethan Howard is very welcome. [It] brings valuable insight to our understanding of a man whose relevance to Elizabethan politics has been overlooked. Most importantly, Andersson, leading by example, calls on other scholars to look afresh at the intellectual culture of the Elizabethan period. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843842095 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843842092 |
| Title | Lord Henry Howard (1540-1614): an Elizabethan Life |
| Author | D C Andersson |
| Series | Studies In Renaissance Literature |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-11-19 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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