Reading the Roman republic in early modern England /
Cox Jensen, Freyja, 1984-
Reading the Roman republic in early modern England / by Freyja Cox Jensen. - Leiden, the Netherlands : Boston, Massachusetts. Brill, 2012 ; - 1 online resource. - Library of the written word The Handpress world . - Library of the written word .
Includes bibliographical references.
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. Reading the Roman Republic. -- "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 -- Re-imagining Rome. -- 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?"
9789004233218 9781283551335
Books and reading--History.--England.--16th century.
Books and reading--History.--England.--17th century
HISTORY--Ancient--Rome
Books and reading
Civilization
Civilization--Roman influences
Historiography
Study skills
Great Britain--Civilization.--Roman influences
Rome--History.--Study and teaching.--England.
Great Britain--Civilization.--16th century.
Great Britain--Civilization.--17th century
Rome--Historiography.
England
Great Britain--Great Britain.
Rome (Empire)
Reading the Roman republic in early modern England / by Freyja Cox Jensen. - Leiden, the Netherlands : Boston, Massachusetts. Brill, 2012 ; - 1 online resource. - Library of the written word The Handpress world . - Library of the written word .
Includes bibliographical references.
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. Reading the Roman Republic. -- "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 -- Re-imagining Rome. -- 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?"
9789004233218 9781283551335
Books and reading--History.--England.--16th century.
Books and reading--History.--England.--17th century
HISTORY--Ancient--Rome
Books and reading
Civilization
Civilization--Roman influences
Historiography
Study skills
Great Britain--Civilization.--Roman influences
Rome--History.--Study and teaching.--England.
Great Britain--Civilization.--16th century.
Great Britain--Civilization.--17th century
Rome--Historiography.
England
Great Britain--Great Britain.
Rome (Empire)