William Camden : a life in context / Wyman H. Herendeen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herendeen, Wyman H., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Camden, William, 1551-1623.

Camden, William.

Historians--England--Biography.

Historians.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 536 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2007.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part 1 Prolepsis: Death, Youth, & Introduction

I Death and Life of a Minor Figure 3

II A London Life: The Educator's Education 16

III Religious Conflict and Coming of Age at Oxford 59

Part 2 Elizabethan Camden

IV The Way to Westminster 91

V Westminster and the Britannia 180

VI Antiquarians, Historians, and the Economy of the Past 243

Part 3 Jacobean Camden

VII Arms and the Man: Antiquarian in the College of Arms 353

VIII Culture Clash: Elizabethan in Stuart London 445

IX Post-Mortem: The Death and Afterlives of William Camden 493.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 512-519) and index.

ISBN:

9781843831266

1843831260

OCLC:

166315353