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Plutarch's prism : classical reception and public humanism in France and England, 1500-1800 /

Throughout the early modern period, political theorists in France and England drew on the works of Plutarch to offer advice to kings and princes. Elizabeth I herself translated Plutarch in her later years, while Jacques Amyot's famous translations of Plutarch's The Parallel Lives led to th...

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Main Author:	Kingston, Rebecca (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Series:	Ideas in context.
Subjects:	Plutarch > Translations into French > History and criticism. Plutarch > Translations into English > History and criticism. Plutarch > Influence. Politics and literature > France > History. Politics and literature > England > History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.

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