John Rastell and his contemporaries
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Author : E.J. Devereux
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 10,15 MB
Release : 1999-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0773567771
Drawing on over a decade of detailed bibliographical investigation, Devereux demonstrates that Rastell was a leading figure in the development of law books, the first printer to create type for music, and a significant figure in the preparation and publication of theological works. Rastell also promoted and published important humanist texts, including two dialogues by Thomas More, a number of plays, including Interlude of the Four Elements which he may have written himself, and several works by John Skelton. Like other Renaissance humanist printers Rastell borrowed woodcuts, shared out the work of printing long multi-volume works, and even shared type on occasion. But his life as a publisher was turbulent, as demonstrated by several changes of address for his printing establishment in London and numerous changes in his printers and typesetters. Devereux's work is a significant addition to Renaissance bibliography, providing important new information for those who study early modern humanism, especially the historiography of law and religion in England.
Author : Laurel Amtower
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 38,18 MB
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1551117967
A Companion to Chaucer and his Contemporaries provides a detailed introduction to medieval culture, broadly considered. This sourcebook gives readers fuller access to Middle English literary works by situating these works within their sometimes alien historical and cultural contexts. Chapters open with an overview that suggests how contemporary debates and attitudes influence meaning in works like the Canterbury Tales, Piers Plowman, and Mankind. The main body of the text is thematically arranged primary documents and illustrations, such as excerpts from the chronicles, law treatises, sermons, court records, medical and alchemical tracts, and performance records, as well as maps and manuscript illustrations.
Author : Grover Cleveland Young
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Page : 52 pages
File Size : 22,50 MB
Release : 1922
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Author : John Rastell
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Page : 668 pages
File Size : 26,67 MB
Release : 1985
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Author : Sarah Neville
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 40,97 MB
Release : 2022-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1316515990
In the early modern herbal, Sarah Neville finds a captivating example of how Renaissance print culture shaped scientific authority.
Author : James Christopher Warner
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 23,35 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780851156422
A close examination of the rivalry between two printing presses at the time of the divorce crisis shows how the new learning could be employed to influence even the king himself.
Author : Albert J. Geritz
Publisher : Boston : Twayne Publishers
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 42,55 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Drama
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Author : John Baker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1908 pages
File Size : 38,77 MB
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 131610219X
Over the last forty years, Sir John Baker has written on most aspects of English legal history, and this collection of his writings includes many papers that have been widely cited. Providing points of reference and foundations for further research, the papers cover the legal profession, the inns of court and chancery, legal education, legal institutions, legal literature, legal antiquities, public law and individual liberty, criminal justice, private law (including contract, tort and restitution) and legal history in general. An introduction traces the development of some of the research represented by the papers, and cross-references and new endnotes have been added. A full bibliography of the author's works is also included.
Author : Ben Jonson
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 13,2 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780719015588
Jonson's Every Man Out of His Humour is a comical satire about envy and aspiration among the ambitious middle classes, who seek happiness in fame and material fortune. This first critical edition of the play conveys early modern obsessions with wealth and self-display through historical contexts. The book offers an intriguing look at the course of urban comedy, and a wealth of information about social relationships and colloquial language at the end of the Elizabethan period.