Library Of Entertaining Knowledge - Softcover

Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1318569176 ISBN 13: 9781318569175

Publisher: HardPress, 1831

Synopsis

Library Of Entertaining Knowledge offers a historical survey of high-profile treason trials in late Tudor and early Stuart England. Focusing on the Essex and Southampton cases in the early 1600s, and extending to Sir Walter Raleigh and a web of conspiracies surrounding Cobham, Arabella Stuart, and other actors, the book examines how prosecutions were conducted at Tower of London, Winchester, and Westminster, and how legal standards such as the two-witness rule shaped verdicts. It juxtaposes crown prerogative with evolving notions of due process, evidentiary rules, and public persuasion, showing how sermons, letters, and confessions were marshaled to legitimize outcomes or provoke mercy. The text also surveys related trials, including earlier episodes like the Norfolk case and the Throckmorton narrative, to illustrate long-running tensions between political power, legal procedure, and civil liberties. Across direct quotations from trials, state papers, and contemporary authorities, the work illuminates the transformation from secretive prerogative toward more open, contested legal culture, and it invites readers to consider how memory and propaganda influence historical judgment.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 1831
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1318569176
• ISBN 13: 9781318569175
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 546