Jacobean Gentleman: Sir Edwin Sandys, 1561-1629

by Theodore K. Rabb

Book Overview

Theodore K. Rabb, one of the leading historians of early modern Europe, presents here the first full-scale biography of the influential English parliamentarian, colonizer, and religious thinker Sir Edwin Sandys (1561-1629). Rabb has studied Sandys's life and work for more than thirty years and shows that he played a vital role in the Jacobean Age's two most distinctive achievements: the early development of England's constitutional structure and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691604290
• ISBN13: 9780691604299
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"