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Imprisoned in the Tower of London after the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, Sir Walter Ralegh spent seven years producing his massive History of the World. The author uses Ralegh's History as a touchstone to explore the culture of history writing and historical thinking in the late Renaissance.

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"In this learned, lively, and original book, Popper offers a detailed and penetrating analysis of Walter Ralegh's historical ideas and practices. At the same time, he recreates the larger world of Renaissance historical culture, and he sets Ralegh's work into its context in a way that brilliantly illuminates both." (Anthony Grafton, author of Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West)"

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 20/08/2014
      ISBN13: 9780226213965, 978-0226213965
      ISBN10: 022621396X
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      Book Synopsis
      Imprisoned in the Tower of London after the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, Sir Walter Ralegh spent seven years producing his massive History of the World. The author uses Ralegh's History as a touchstone to explore the culture of history writing and historical thinking in the late Renaissance.

      Trade Review
      "In this learned, lively, and original book, Popper offers a detailed and penetrating analysis of Walter Ralegh's historical ideas and practices. At the same time, he recreates the larger world of Renaissance historical culture, and he sets Ralegh's work into its context in a way that brilliantly illuminates both." (Anthony Grafton, author of Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West)"

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