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'Triumphs of English' : Henry Parker, Lord Morley, translator to the Tudor court : new essays in interpretation / edited by Marie Axton and James P. Carley ; introduction by David Starkey.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Morley, Henry Parker, Lord, 1476-1556.
- Morley, Henry Parker.
- Morley, Henry Parker, Lord, 1476-1556--Knowledge--Language and languages.
- Translating and interpreting--Great Britain--History--16th century.
- Translating and interpreting.
- Latin language--Translating into English--History--16th century.
- Latin language.
- Translators--Great Britain--Biography.
- Translators.
- Nobility--Great Britain--Biography.
- Nobility.
- Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (283 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- London : British Library, [2000]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One of the few authors from the ranks of the nobility during the first half of the 16th century, Henry Parker, Lord Morley (c.1481-1556) is an undeservedly neglected figure, whose rehabilitation this volume sets out to establish.
- Contents:
- An attendant Lord? Henry Parker, Lord Morley / David Starkey
- The writings of Henry Parker, Lord Morley : a bibliographical survey / James P. Carley
- Books connected with Henry Parker, Lord Morley and his family / Julia Boffey and A.S.G. Edwards
- Morley, Machiavelli, and the Pilgrimage of Grace / K.R. Bartlett
- Morley and the Papacy : Rome, regime and religion / Richard Rex
- What did Morley give when he gave a 'Plutarch' Life? / Jeremy Maule
- Morley's translations from Roman philosophers and English courtier literature / David R. Carlson
- The sacrifice of Lady Rochford : Henry Parker, Lord Morley's translation of De claris mulieribus / James Simpson
- Lord Morley's Tryumphes of Petrarcke : reading spectacles / Marie Axton
- Lord Morley's 'Ryding ryme' and the origins of modern English versification / Susanne Woods
- Epilogue. Lord Morley's funeral / Richard Axton.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7123-6352-1
- OCLC:
- 606376797
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