Walter Ralegh : architect of empire / Alan Gallay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallay, Alan, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.

Raleigh, Walter.

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, approximately 1552-1618.

Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.

Explorers.

Colonization.

Colonies.

History.

Colonists.

Great Britain.

America.

Colonists--America--Biography.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--16th century.

America--Colonization.

British colonies.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 560 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Walter Raleigh : architect of empire

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, 2019.

Summary:

"Sir Walter Ralegh was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. She showered him with estates and political appointments. He envisioned her becoming empress of a universal empire. She gave him the opportunity to lead the way. In Walter Ralegh, Alan Gallay shows that, while Ralegh may be best known for founding the failed Roanoke colony, his historical importance vastly exceeds that enterprise. Inspired by the mystical religious philosophy of hermeticism, Ralegh led English attempts to colonize in North America, South America, and Ireland. He believed that the answer to English fears of national decline resided overseas -- and that colonialism could be achieved without conquest. Gallay reveals how Ralegh launched the English Empire and an era of colonization that shaped Western history for centuries after his death".--Amazon.com.

"Sir Walter Ralegh was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. She showered him with estates and political appointments. He envisioned her becoming empress of a universal empire. She gave him the opportunity to lead the way. In Walter Ralegh, Alan Gallay shows that, while Ralegh may be best known for founding the failed Roanoke colony, his historical importance vastly exceeds that enterprise. Inspired by the mystical religious philosophy of hermeticism, Ralegh led English attempts to colonize in North America, South America, and Ireland. He believed that the answer to English fears of national decline resided overseas -- and that colonialism could be achieved without conquest. Gallay reveals how Ralegh launched the English Empire and an era of colonization that shaped Western history for centuries after his death"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Toward an empire

Annoying the king of Spain : blueprints, legalities, and baby steps

Ralegh and the Second Desmond War

"A man noted of not good happ by sea:" Humphrey Gilbert prepares to colonize America

The case for genocide : George Peckham visualizes colonization

The courtier

The cult of Elizabeth

Planting a New World colony

Summer of discontent

Singeing the Spaniard's beard

A briefe and true report

Publicizing Ralegh's Virginia

Fire and smoke : the Hermeticists' Indians

Planning the Munster plantation

Bloodlines : Captain Ralegh and the Desmonds

Ralegh in Youghal

Preparing the plantation : establishing authority

Resistance to plantation

Ralegh's colonists

The plantation economy

Of friendship, marriage, and goddesses

A courtier's disgrace and the shipping of staves

The search for El Dorado

The discovery of Guiana

The benevolent empire

Wheel of fortune

Reincarnation : Ireland and the course of colonialism

Treasons

The great cordial

Prince Henry

History of the world

"He called to the headman to shew him the ax."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-528) and index.

Subject's name is spelled Ralegh throughout book.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Kennedy fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781541645790

1541645790

OCLC:

1089491047