ISBN: 9780300064414

Beyond his own country Francis Bacon is remembered as a great man, founder of modern science and philosophy, a just judge and a teacher of kings. In England and America, however, he is se… Mehr…

Beyond his own country Francis Bacon is remembered as a great man, founder of modern science and philosophy, a just judge and a teacher of kings. In England and America, however, he is seen more as a cruel, corrupt and power-hungry politician. Which appraisal is correct? In this fascinating re-evaluation of one of Britain's most significant figures, Nieves Mathews examines the charges against Bacon and reveals how distorted facts can be recast as historical truths. In 1621 Bacon fell from power as Lord Chancellor, the highest position in the land. Charged with accepting bribes, he was convicted, fined, imprisoned and exiled from the Court. He died five years later, disgraced and deeply in debt. In this illuminating study of the Jacobean administration - a system which depended on corruption at every level - Nieves Mathews shows Bacon to have been among the least tainted of the King's officials, the scapegoat in a political conspiracy aimed at dislodging the royal favourite. The destruction of Bacon's reputation followed Thomas Babington Macaulay's eloquent 'Essay on Bacon', published in 1837. Macaulay's depiction of a cloven-hearted genius, at once the greatest and meanest of mankind, launched a tireless search among Bacon's biographers for evidence of malice and corruption. Now, with the benefit of recent scholarship, Nieves Mathews portrays a man both single-minded and fallible, with qualities and flaws. Her penetrating reappraisal rescues Bacon from a long tradition of abuse and misrepresentation. Media > Book, [PU: Yale University Press]<

1996, ISBN: 9780300064414

Yale University Press, Hardcover, 606 Seiten, Publiziert: 1996-05-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 1.3 kg, Verkaufsrang: 3840140, 1501-1700, Historical, Biography, Subjects, Books, Tudo… Mehr…

Yale University Press, Hardcover, 606 Seiten, Publiziert: 1996-05-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 1.3 kg, Verkaufsrang: 3840140, 1501-1700, Historical, Biography, Subjects, Books, Tudors & Stuarts: 1501-1700, Britain, Military, Medical, Legal & Social Sciences, Philosophy, Political Leaders & Leadership, England, Great Britain, Europe, History, Constitution: Government & the State, Political Structure & Processes, Government & Politics, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, History & Schools of Thought, Books Global Store, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_3601, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_0, Special Features Stores, Arborist Merchandising Root, Yale University Press, 1996<

1996, ISBN: 9780300064414

Yale University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, 592 Seiten, Publiziert: 1996-05-29T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 2.86 kg, Verkaufsrang: 3804312, Geschichte & Denkschulen, Philosophie, Sozialw… Mehr…

Yale University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, 592 Seiten, Publiziert: 1996-05-29T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 2.86 kg, Verkaufsrang: 3804312, Geschichte & Denkschulen, Philosophie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Politisch, Herausragende Persönlichkeiten, Militär, Allgemein, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4901, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Yale University Press, 1996<