| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 350 pages) |
| Series |
Online access: Oxford University Press Chicago Scholarship Online
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| Contents |
Context: Ralegh and historical culture -- Sources: from scripture to the stars in early modern chronology -- Reading: antiquarian methods and geographic learning -- Narration: providence and human movement -- Presentation: political practice and the past -- Reception: the afterlife of the history of the world |
| Summary |
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 Ren |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. History of the world.
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| SUBJECT |
History of the world (Raleigh, Walter, Sir) fast |
| Subject |
Historiography.
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historiography.
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HISTORY -- Historiography.
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Historiography
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012001096 |
| ISBN |
0226675009 |
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9780226675008 |
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9781283637909 |
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1283637901 |
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9780226675022 |
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0226675025 |
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