Research Catalog

Title

The history of the reign of King Henry VII and selected works / Francis Bacon ; edited by Brian Vickers.

Author

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

Publication

Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors

Vickers, Brian.

Description

xlv, 284 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

Series Statement

Cambridge texts in the history of political thought

Uniform Title

• Historie of the raigne of King Henry the Seventh
• Cambridge texts in the history of political thought

Alternative Title

Historie of the raigne of King Henry the Seventh

Subject

• Heinrich VII. England, König 1457-1509
• Henry VII, koning van Engeland, 1457-1509
• Heinrich (England, König, VII.)
• 1485-1509
• 1400-1500
• 1500-1550
• Great Britain > History > Henry VII, 1485-1509

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxix-xlv) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 0521583764 (hardcover)
• 0521586631 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^97020601^

OCLC

• 36930726
• SCSB-9917714

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library