Humanism and America : an intellectual history of English colonisation, 1500-1625 / Andrew Fitzmaurice.
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TextSeries: Ideas in context ; 67.Publication details: Cambridge : UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (x, 216 pages)Content type: - text
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- 0511070438
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- Renaissance -- England
- Humanism -- England
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 16th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century
- England -- Intellectual life -- 16th century
- England -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
- Renaissance -- Angleterre
- Humanisme -- Angleterre
- Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Amérique -- Histoire -- 16e siècle
- Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Amérique -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Angleterre -- Vie intellectuelle -- 16e siècle
- Angleterre -- Vie intellectuelle -- 17e siècle
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
- British colonies
- Humanism
- Intellectual life
- Renaissance
- America
- England
- Kolonisation
- Humanismus
- Renaissance
- Nordamerika
- England
- Kolonisatie
- Humanisme (levensbeschouwing)
- 16e siècle
- 1600-1649
- Colonie britannique
- Colonisation
- Histoire
- Humanisme
- Renaissance
- Vie intellectuelle
- Amérique du Nord
- Angleterre
- Grande-Bretagne
- 1500-1699
- 325/.341/01 21
- E127 .F58 2003eb
- 15.70
- 15.85
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 The moral philosophy of Tudor colonisation; CHAPTER 3 The moral philosophy of Jacobean colonisation; CHAPTER 4 Rhetoric -- 'not the Words, but the Acts'; CHAPTER 5 Law and history; CHAPTER 6 The Machiavellian argument for colonial possession; CHAPTER 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Humanism and America is the first major study of the impact of Renaissance humanism upon the English colonisation of America. Andrew Fitzmaurice conducts his analysis through an interdisciplinary examination of a broad spectrum of writings, ranging from the works of Thomas More to those of the Virginia Company.
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