Reading the Roman republic in early modern England /
Cox Jensen, Freyja, 1984-
Reading the Roman republic in early modern England / by Freyja Cox Jensen. - 1 online resource (x, 248 pages) - Library of the written word ; v. 22 The Handpress world ; 16 . - Library of the Written Word 22. European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248670. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-243) and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- “The Attaining of Humane Learning”: Education and Roman History -- Editions and Translations: The Publishing and Circulation of Roman History -- Evidence of Reading: Catalogues and Inventories -- Evidence of Reading: Commonplace Books, Notebooks and Marginalia -- From Pharsalus to Philippi: Stories of Pompey and Caesar -- “You are His Heirs”: Antony, Octavian and Cleopatra after the Ides -- Caesar Augustus: “How Happely he Governed”? -- Conclusion. “[A]nother Rome in the West?” -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Placing the reading of history in its cultural and educational context, and examining the processes by which ideas about ancient Rome circulated, this study provides the first assessment of the significance of Roman history, broadly conceived, in early modern England. The existing scholarship, preoccupied with republicanism in the decades before the Civil Wars, and focusing on the major drama of the period, has distorted our understanding of what ancient history really meant to early modern readers. This study articulates the connections between the history of education, reading and writing, and challenges the schools of historical thought which associate a particular classical source with one set of readings; here, for the first time, is an in-depth analysis of the role of Roman history in creating an English latinate culture which encompassed far wider debates and ideas than the purely political.
9789004233218
10.1163/9789004233034 DOI
2012021093
Books and reading--History--England--16th century.
Books and reading--History--England--17th century.
Great Britain--Civilization--Roman influences.
Rome--History--Study and teaching--England.
Great Britain--Civilization--16th century.
Great Britain--Civilization--17th century.
Rome--Historiography.
DA320 / .C69 2012
937/.02072042
Reading the Roman republic in early modern England / by Freyja Cox Jensen. - 1 online resource (x, 248 pages) - Library of the written word ; v. 22 The Handpress world ; 16 . - Library of the Written Word 22. European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248670. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-243) and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- “The Attaining of Humane Learning”: Education and Roman History -- Editions and Translations: The Publishing and Circulation of Roman History -- Evidence of Reading: Catalogues and Inventories -- Evidence of Reading: Commonplace Books, Notebooks and Marginalia -- From Pharsalus to Philippi: Stories of Pompey and Caesar -- “You are His Heirs”: Antony, Octavian and Cleopatra after the Ides -- Caesar Augustus: “How Happely he Governed”? -- Conclusion. “[A]nother Rome in the West?” -- Bibliography -- Index.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Placing the reading of history in its cultural and educational context, and examining the processes by which ideas about ancient Rome circulated, this study provides the first assessment of the significance of Roman history, broadly conceived, in early modern England. The existing scholarship, preoccupied with republicanism in the decades before the Civil Wars, and focusing on the major drama of the period, has distorted our understanding of what ancient history really meant to early modern readers. This study articulates the connections between the history of education, reading and writing, and challenges the schools of historical thought which associate a particular classical source with one set of readings; here, for the first time, is an in-depth analysis of the role of Roman history in creating an English latinate culture which encompassed far wider debates and ideas than the purely political.
9789004233218
10.1163/9789004233034 DOI
2012021093
Books and reading--History--England--16th century.
Books and reading--History--England--17th century.
Great Britain--Civilization--Roman influences.
Rome--History--Study and teaching--England.
Great Britain--Civilization--16th century.
Great Britain--Civilization--17th century.
Rome--Historiography.
DA320 / .C69 2012
937/.02072042