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Henry Stubbe, radical Protestantism and the early Enlightenment
James R. Jacob
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hardcover. A biography of Henry Stubbe, 1632-76, classicist, polemicist, physician and philosopher. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 228 x 152. . Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Called 'the most noted person of his age' by Anthony Wood, Henry Stubbe (1632–76), classicist, polemicist, physician, philosopher and the most important critic of the early Royal Society, has never had a biography. This study seeks to fill that gap, while standing received opinion about him on its head. The older view has it that at the Restoration Stubbe renounced his radical past and became the enemy of scientific progress and a reactionary defender of church and monarchy. Professor Jacob shows instead that Stubbe continued to espouse radical views after 1660 by devious means. Publicly he resorted to a rhetoric ... Read more
Called 'the most noted person of his age' by Anthony Wood, Henry Stubbe (1632–76), classicist, polemicist, physician, philosopher and the most important critic of the early Royal Society, has never had a biography. This study seeks to fill that gap, while standing received opinion about him on its head. The older view has it that at the Restoration Stubbe renounced his radical past and became the enemy of scientific progress and a reactionary defender of church and monarchy. Professor Jacob shows instead that Stubbe continued to espouse radical views after 1660 by devious means. Publicly he resorted to a rhetoric ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521248761
SKU
KSG0034514
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