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Spalding, Ruth

 
9780197260807: The Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 1605 - 1675: 13
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ISBN 10: 0197260802 ISBN 13: 9780197260807
Casa editrice: OUP/British Academy, 1990

Sinossi

The Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke covers his whole life, from his birth in 1605, until shortly before his death in 1675. Whitelocke was a distinguished lawyer and Member of Parliament, a keen musician and scholar, a bon viveur, and a family man who had three wives and seventeen children. His Diary provides descriptions of life at school, university and the inns of court, details of marriages and marriage settlements, his property dealings, salaries and pensions, the management and improvement of his estates, and his relations with tenants, builders and servants.

Whitelocke knew most of the leading characters of the period personally. He held high offices as Keeper of the Great Seal, temporary Speaker of the House of Commons, and Lord President of the Council, and reveals in his Diary short insights into public affairs, notably during the Civil Wars and Interregnum.


The volume is complemented by the publication of Miss Spalding's Contemporaries of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 1605-1675 (RSEH Vol XIV).

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Recensione

His diary provides a major new source for the study of 17th-century politics and takes its place alongside the diaries of Samuel Pepys, John Evelyn and Ralph Josselin as a fascinating 'private history' and self-portrait. (Times Higher Education Supplement)

Product Description

Bulstrode Whitelocke (1605-1675) was a distinguished lawyer and Member of Parliament who was also a keen musician and scholar. His diary provides descriptions of his entire life, from school, university and Inns of Court to details of his marriages, property dealings and the management of his estates. Whitelocke knew most of the leading characters of the period personally. He held high offices as Keeper of the Great Seal, Temporary Speaker of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council, and reveals in his diary sharp insights into public affairs, notably during the Civil Wars and Interregnum.

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Editore
OUP/British Academy
Data di pubblicazione
1990
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0197260802
ISBN 13 
9780197260807
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
918
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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