Works: Collected And Edited By James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, And Douglas Denon Heath - Softcover

James Spedding

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371372011 ISBN 13: 9780371372012

Publisher: HardPress, 2019

Synopsis

Works: Collected And Edited By James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, And Douglas Denon Heath by James Spedding. This volume presents a scholarly edition of Francis Bacon's life and letters, focusing on the early Stuart period, parliamentary life, and Bacon's developing philosophical program. The excerpt emphasizes Bacon’s parliamentary activity around 1606–1607 during James I’s reign in England, detailing his roles as reporter, advocate, and political actor, and his interactions with Salisbury, Northampton, Coke, and other ministers and judges. It tracks major debates on a general union of laws and naturalization, criticisms of post-natal naturalization, and the abolition of hostile laws between England and Scotland, alongside concerns about prerogative, war, and royal authority. The narrative also covers Bacon’s promotion to Solicitor General in June 1607 and his emergence as a proponent of the Great Instauration, includingCogitata et Visa and reflections on Idols of the Theatre. The work combines Bacon’s speeches, correspondence, and editor notes to illuminate constitutional, intellectual, and reformist currents in early 17th-century England.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371372011
• ISBN 13: 9780371372012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 446