Rhetoric, Politics and Popularity in Pre-Revolutionary England |
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| Author:
| Peltonen, Markku |
| ISBN: | 978-1-139-23601-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2012 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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Markku Peltonen examines the centrality of humanist rhetoric in the pre-revolutionary educational system and its vital contribution to the political culture of the period. He argues that humanism was crucial to the development of the participatory character of English politics and an important background for the politics of the period.
Markku Peltonen examines the centrality of humanist rhetoric in the pre-revolutionary educational system and its vital contribution to the political culture of the period. He argues that humanism was crucial to the development of the participatory character of English politics and an important background for the politics of the period.