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William Camden
A Life in Context
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English
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2007
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A comprehensive analysis of the life of William Camden (1581-1623), historian, herald, and leading literary figure of the Elizabethan period and of the context in which he lived.
William Camden [1551-1623] was one of the most notable historians of the Elizabethan period; his works include Britannia the first description of Britain county by county. A herald by profession, he moved in the literary and political circles of London in an age when history and the study of the past interacted with present politics, and was well-connected with many leading figures of the time; his involvement with the precursor of what is now the Society of Antiquaries of London is of especial importance.
This book provides the first major analytical biography of Camden's life and career since that of Thomas Smith in 1691. It offers a comprehensive analysis of Camden's life and of the context in which he lived, including in its great scope a wide range of aspects of English and European learned culture during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries; and examines the nature of his extraordinary impact on writers both of his own and later generations.
WYMAN H. HERENDEEN is Professor and Department Chair in the Department of English at the University of Houston, Texas.
William Camden [1551-1623] was one of the most notable historians of the Elizabethan period; his works include Britannia the first description of Britain county by county. A herald by profession, he moved in the literary and political circles of London in an age when history and the study of the past interacted with present politics, and was well-connected with many leading figures of the time; his involvement with the precursor of what is now the Society of Antiquaries of London is of especial importance.
This book provides the first major analytical biography of Camden's life and career since that of Thomas Smith in 1691. It offers a comprehensive analysis of Camden's life and of the context in which he lived, including in its great scope a wide range of aspects of English and European learned culture during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries; and examines the nature of his extraordinary impact on writers both of his own and later generations.
WYMAN H. HERENDEEN is Professor and Department Chair in the Department of English at the University of Houston, Texas.
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Abbreviations
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Preface
xi - Part one. Prolepsis: Death, Youth, & Introduction
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Chapter I Death and Life of a Minor Figure
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Chapter II A London Life: The Educator’s Education
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Chapter III Religious Conflict and Coming of Age at Oxford
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Notes: part one
80 - Part two. Elizabethan Camden
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Chapter IV. The Way to Westminster
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Chapter V. Westminster and the Britannia
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Chapter VI. Antiquarians, Historians, and the Economy of the Past
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Notes: part two
334 - Part three. Jacobean Camden
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Chapter VII. Arms and the Man: Antiquarian in the College of Arms
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Chapter VIII. Culture Clash: Elizabethan in Stuart London
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Notes: part three
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Index
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