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Courtier, Scholar, and Man of the Sword
Lord Herbert of Cherbury and His World
Buch von Christine Jackson
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
Lord Herbert of Cherbury was a flamboyant Stuart courtier, soldier, and diplomat, known for his duelling and extravagance but also for his great intellect. His life and writings offer a unique window into the aristocratic world and culture of the early seventeenth century and the outbreak and impact of the Thirty Years War and British Civil Wars.
Lord Herbert of Cherbury was a flamboyant Stuart courtier, soldier, and diplomat, known for his duelling and extravagance but also for his great intellect. His life and writings offer a unique window into the aristocratic world and culture of the early seventeenth century and the outbreak and impact of the Thirty Years War and British Civil Wars.
Über den Autor
Christine Jackson is Emeritus Fellow and Dean of Degrees at Kellogg College, Oxford. She was previously Associate Professor in Early Modern History at Oxford University Department for Continuing Education where she directed and taught undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for twenty-five years. Her research interests and publications have migrated from the early modern economy and society to early modern elites, and over the past decade she has been focussing on the study of the extraordinary life and extensive writings of Lord Herbert of Cherbury.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • GREAT EXPECTATIONS

  • 1: A Promising Youth

  • 2: Chafing at the Bit

  • COURTLY ADVENTURES

  • 3: French Leave

  • 4: Courtier and Swordsman

  • 5: Citizen of the World

  • DIPLOMATIC INTERVENTIONS

  • 6: Changing Times

  • 7: My Lord, the Ambassador

  • 8: The Fickleness of Princes

  • INTELLECTUAL OCCUPATIONS

  • 9: Intellectual Ambitions and Interests

  • 10: Philosopher and Theologian

  • 11: Royal Historian

  • 12: Musician and Poet

  • COURT AND COUNTRY

  • 13: Noble Preoccupations

  • 14: 'Treacherous Herbert' or Man of Honour?

  • Epilogue

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Neuzeit
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780192847225
ISBN-10: 0192847228
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Jackson, Christine
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 238 x 164 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Christine Jackson
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.03.2022
Gewicht: 0,771 kg
Artikel-ID: 121297826
Über den Autor
Christine Jackson is Emeritus Fellow and Dean of Degrees at Kellogg College, Oxford. She was previously Associate Professor in Early Modern History at Oxford University Department for Continuing Education where she directed and taught undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for twenty-five years. Her research interests and publications have migrated from the early modern economy and society to early modern elites, and over the past decade she has been focussing on the study of the extraordinary life and extensive writings of Lord Herbert of Cherbury.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • GREAT EXPECTATIONS

  • 1: A Promising Youth

  • 2: Chafing at the Bit

  • COURTLY ADVENTURES

  • 3: French Leave

  • 4: Courtier and Swordsman

  • 5: Citizen of the World

  • DIPLOMATIC INTERVENTIONS

  • 6: Changing Times

  • 7: My Lord, the Ambassador

  • 8: The Fickleness of Princes

  • INTELLECTUAL OCCUPATIONS

  • 9: Intellectual Ambitions and Interests

  • 10: Philosopher and Theologian

  • 11: Royal Historian

  • 12: Musician and Poet

  • COURT AND COUNTRY

  • 13: Noble Preoccupations

  • 14: 'Treacherous Herbert' or Man of Honour?

  • Epilogue

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Neuzeit
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780192847225
ISBN-10: 0192847228
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Jackson, Christine
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 238 x 164 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Christine Jackson
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.03.2022
Gewicht: 0,771 kg
Artikel-ID: 121297826
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