Sir Robert Cotton, 1586-1631: History and Politics in Early Modern England

Kevin Sharpe, Kevin M. Sharpe

Oxford University Press, 1979 - Biography & Autobiography - 293 pages

A scholarly study of Sir Robert Cotton as antiquary and politician. It examines his antiquarian writings, the building of his library, his relations with European scholars, his place at court, in parliament, and in the literary society of Renaissance London.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sir Robert Cotton, 1586-1631: History and Politics in Early Modern England; Oxford historical monographs
• Authors: Kevin Sharpe, Kevin M. Sharpe
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1979
• ISBN: 019821877X, 9780198218777
• Length: 293 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Historical; History / Europe / Great Britain / General; History / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714); History / Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603); History / Europe / Medieval