The History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh

ISBN: 9781501720796 出版年：2018 页码：273 Bacon, Francis Cornell University Press

Jerry Weinberger reinterprets the meaning of Francis Bacon's History and defines its importance to the rise of modern republicanism, liberalism and the politics of progress. His introduction describes the background of Bacon's History placing it in the context of Bacon's work and the sources he may have used. Weinberger comments on the changing reputation and interpretation of the History and discusses its significance as a work of early modern political philosophy.