Courtier, Scholar, and Man of the Sword: Lord Herbert of Cherbury and His World

by Jackson and Christine Jackson

Lord Herbert of Cherbury was a flamboyant Stuart courtier, soldier, and diplomat who acquired a reputation for duelling and extravagance but also numbered among the leading intellectuals of his generation. He travelled widely in Britain and Europe, enjoyed the patronage of princely rulers and their consorts, acquired celebrity as the embodiment of chivalric values, and defended European Protestantism on the battlefield and in diplomatic exchanges...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192847228
• ISBN13: 9780192847225
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"