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George Sandys : travel, colonialism, and tolerance in the seventeenth century
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George Sandys : travel, colonialism, and tolerance in the seventeenth century

Author: James Ellison
Publisher: Cambridge ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2002.
Series: Studies in Renaissance literature (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England), v. 8.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The Caroline poet, George Sandys is one of the most interesting figures of the Renaissance period. He had an exceptionally interesting early career as traveller and colonist. Presenting an  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: George Sandys; George Sandys; George Sandys
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James Ellison
ISBN: 0859917509 9780859917506
OCLC Number: 49610956
Description: ix, 286 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: The origins of a liberal outlook --
Political and religious attitudes in Sandys's A Relation --
The Virginia Company and Christian imperialism --
Sandys in America --
The Caroline court and Great Tew --
panegyric and admonition --
Sandys's Psalms and Laudianism --
Parables of scepticism and tolerance from Sandys's great Tew years.
Series Title: Studies in Renaissance literature (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England), v. 8.
Responsibility: James Ellison.
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Makes a compelling case that Sandys's cultural importance to the early Stuart period has been underrated. SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL The first (study) to move beyond the limits of 'the life of a Read more...

 
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