From Counter-reformation to Glorious Revolution - Softcover

Trevor-Roper, Hugh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0436425130 ISBN 13: 9780436425134

Publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1992

Synopsis

This is the third collection of the author's historical essays containing 15 essays ranging from an account of the Jesuit Matteo Ricci's mission in China in the 16th century to a discussion of the early Stuart Court, on the plunder of artistic treasures in Europe during the wars of the 17th century, on the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and religious toleration thereafter. It also includes biographical studies of Archbishop Laud, Matthew Wren, the Earl of Clarendon and Prince Rupert.

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From the Back Cover

This collection is the third in a series which gathers the best historical essays of Hugh Trevor-Roper, considered by many the unequalled master of the form. The pieces here range from an account of the Jesuit Matteo Ricci's mission in China in the sixteenth century to a discussion of the Anglo-Scottish Union. They include essays on medicine at the early Stuart Court, on the plunder of artistic treasures in Europe during the wars of the seventeenth century, on the plans of Hugo Grotius to create a new universal church on an Anglican base, on the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and religious toleration thereafter. There are also biographical studies of Archbishop Laud, Matthew Wren, the Earl of Clarendon, and Prince Rupert. As Noel Annan wrote in Our Age, Hugh Trevor-Roper has "perfected the historical essay as the most beguiling form of enlightening readers about the past. He is the most eloquent, sophisticated and assured historian of Our Age, and has never written an inelegant sentence or produced and incoherent argument".

About the Author

Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914-2003) was an English historian of early modern Britain and Nazi Germany and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. He authored many books, but is probably best known for "The Last Days of Hitler", published only two years after the end of the war.

Edition details

• Publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0436425130
• ISBN 13: 9780436425134
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256