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Abstract
This enthralling biography tells the complete story of one of Tudor England’s most enigmatic figures. A Welshman born in Tenby, south Wales, c.1512, Robert Recorde was educated at both Oxford and Cambridge. This book, a detailed biography of this Tudor scholar, reviews the many facets of his astonishingly wide-ranging career and ultimately tragic life. It presents a richly detailed and fully rounded picture of Recorde the man, the university academic and theologian, the physician, the mathematician and astronomer, the antiquarian, and the writer of hugely successful textbooks. Crown appointments brought Recorde into conflict with the scheming Earl of Pembroke, and eventually set him at odds with Queen Mary I. As an intellectual out of his depth in political intrigue, beset by religious turmoil, Recorde eventually succumbed to the dangers that closed inexorably around him.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Title | FM4 | ||
| Copyright | FM5 | ||
| Contents | FM6 | ||
| Series Editor’s Foreword | FM8 | ||
| List of Illustrations | FM10 | ||
| Preface and Acknowledgments | FM12 | ||
| Genealogy of Robert Recorde Physician | FM14 | ||
| Prologue | 1 | ||
| 1. Child of Tenby | 7 | ||
| 2. Oxford Scholar | 17 | ||
| 3. Cambridge Savant | 27 | ||
| 4. Such is Your Authority | 39 | ||
| 5. St Paul’s Churchyard | 53 | ||
| 6. Doctor Recorde | 63 | ||
| 7. Antiquarian andMathematician | 75 | ||
| 8. No Mean Divine | 87 | ||
| 9. Comptroller ofthe King’s Mints | 97 | ||
| 10. The Muscovy Company | 107 | ||
| 11. This Talk DelightsMe Marvellously | 117 | ||
| 12. Pedagogue and Poet | 129 | ||
| 13. Surveyor of the Minesand Monies | 143 | ||
| 14. Nemesis | 153 | ||
| 15. A Heart So Oppressed | 165 | ||
| 16. An Unquiet Mind | 177 | ||
| 17. One of His Elect in Glory | 189 | ||
| Epilogue | 199 | ||
| Notes and References | 207 | ||
| Select Bibliography | 213 | ||
| Index | 217 | ||
| Back Cover | Back Cover |