{"product_id":"the-intellectual-and-cultural-world-of-the-early-modern-inns-of-court-paperback","title":"The Intellectual and Cultural World of the Early Modern Inns of Court - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJayne Elisabeth Archer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Goldring\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSarah Knight\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a collection of essays on an important but overlooked aspect of early modern English life: the artistic and intellectual patronage of the Inns of Court and their influence on religion, politics, education, rhetoric, and culture from the late fifteenth through the early eighteenth centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis period witnessed the height of the Inns' status as educational institutions: emerging from fairly informal associations in the fourteenth century, the Inns of Court in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries had developed sophisticated curricula for their students, leading to their description in the early seventeenth century as England's 'third university'. Some of the most influential politicians, writers, and divines - as well as lawyers - of Tudor and Stuart England passed through the Inns: men such as Edward Hall, Richard Hooker, John Webster, John Selden, Edward Coke, William Lambarde, Francis Bacon, and John Donne. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first interdisciplinary publication on the early modern Inns of Court, bringing together scholarship in history, art history, literature, and drama. The book is lavishly illustrated and provides a unique collection of visual sources for the architecture, art, and gardens of the early modern Inns\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a collection of essays on an important but overlooked aspect of early modern English life: the artistic and intellectual patronage of the Inns of Court and their influence on religion, politics, education, rhetoric, and culture from the late fifteenth through the early eighteenth centuries. This period witnessed the height of the Inns' status as educational institutions: emerging from fairly informal associations in the fourteenth century, the Inns of Court in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries had developed sophisticated curricula for their students, leading to their description in the early seventeenth century as England's 'third university'. Some of the most influential politicians, writers, and divines - as well as lawyers - of Tudor and Stuart England passed through the Inns: men such as Edward Hall, Richard Hooker, John Webster, John Selden, Edward Coke, William Lambarde, Francis Bacon, and John Donne. This is the first interdisciplinary publication on the early modern Inns of Court, bringing together scholarship in history, art history, literature, and drama. 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Some of the most influential politicians, writers, and divines - as well as lawyers - of Tudor and Stuart England passed through the Inns: men such as Edward Hall, Richard Hooker, John Webster, John Selden, Edward Coke, William Lambarde, Francis Bacon, and John Donne. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first interdisciplinary publication on the early modern Inns of Court, bringing together scholarship in history, art history, literature, and drama. The book is lavishly illustrated and provides a unique collection of visual sources for the architecture, art, and gardens of the early modern Inns\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJayne Elisabeth Archer is Lecturer in Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Aberystwyth University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth Goldring is an Associate Fellow of the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, University of Warwick \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Knight is Senior Lecturer in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Leicester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51818994270496,"sku":"9780719090097","price":64.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e662e1f75b3c3d1b8c1758396cb036dd.webp?v=1781123969","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-intellectual-and-cultural-world-of-the-early-modern-inns-of-court-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}