Sir Walter Raleigh / by Willard M. Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, Willard M., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.

Raleigh, Walter.

Court records--United States--Catalogs.

Court records.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1959.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Sir Walter Raleigh was truly the Renaissance man of Elizabethan England: soldier and diplomat serving in the wars between Spain and England, courtier and Captain of the Queen's Guard in Elizabeth's flamboyant court, explorer of a New World and colonizer of Virginia, member of Parliament and devotee of science, musician and literary patron, historian and poet. A dashing and complex figure, often in advance of his times and rebellious against them, Raleigh had the misfortune not simply to combine brilliance and versatility with arrogance and intolerance, but to live beyond the expansiveness of Elizabeth's reign into the sober times of her successor, James Stewart. Knighted by the Queen, Raleigh enjoyed her favor until he was eclipsed by Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Thereafter his fortunes fell, and he was finally imprisoned and tried by James I on grounds of treason. This book, conveying the excitement and flavor of Raleigh and his times, offers a new judgment of the man, and particularly of the famous trial that led to his imprisonment in the Tower and to his subsequent execution for treason. Mr. Wallace points out that, though the charges against Raleigh were questionable, the trial was legally just. On the other hand, the law itself, the court procedure, and the behavior of the prosecutor, Sir Edward Coke, were essentially unjust. After Raleigh's death, jurists rallied to his defense, and changes in law and procedure were finally instituted. The trial thus has a historic importance not only in Raleigh's life but also in English legal history.Originally published in 1959.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Acknowledgment

Contents

Illustration

1. Fortune's Tennis-Bali

2. Education and Early Years

3. Raleigh at Court

4. Virginia

5. Shadows of the Future

6. The Armada and England's Counterattack

7. Poet, Patron, and "Atheist"

8. Marriage, Imprisonment, and Release

9. Years of Disgrace

10. The First Expedition to Guiana

11. Action at Cadiz

12. The Islands Voyage

13. The Final Rivalry with Essex

14. The Twilight Years of Power

15. Arraignment for Treason

16. The Trial

17. The Wait for Execution

18. The Early Tower Years

19. The Later Tower Years

20. The Tragic Expedition

21. The King's Welcome

22. The Final Victory

Appendix: Raleigh's Name

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 23, 2016).

ISBN:

9780691626253

0691626251

9781400879007

1400879000

OCLC:

967548809