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Reason of state, propaganda, and the Thirty Years' War : an unknown translation by Thomas Hobbes ; Noel Malcolm
Altera secretissima instructio Gallo-Britanno-Batava, Friderico V. data.
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Acclaimed writer and historian Noel Malcolm presents his sensational discovery of a new work by Thomas Hobbes: a propaganda pamphlet on behalf of the Habsburg side in the Thirty Years' War, transla...
Acclaimed writer and historian Noel Malcolm presents his sensational discovery of a new work by Thomas Hobbes: a propaganda pamphlet on behalf of the Habsburg side in the Thirty Years' War, translated by Hobbes from a Latin original. Malcolm's book explores a fascinating episode in 17th century history.
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- Altera secretissima instructio Gallo-Britanno-Batava, Friderico V. data. English & Latin
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- Books
- Languages
- English, Latin
- Publication
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- Oxford : Clarendon, 2023
- c2007
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- 1 online resource (238 pages)
- ISBNs
- 1383035458, 1281149500, 9786611149505, 019152705X, 1429470356, 0199575711, 0199215936
- OCLC
- ocn476244291, on1406785361
- Previously issued in print: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [204]-219) and index.
- Latin
- Contents; Preface; A Note on Dates and Transcriptions; 1. Hobbes's Early Career; 2. The Translation: Authorship, Date, and Style; 3. The 'Secretissima instructio' Texts; 4. The Distribution of the Altera secretissima instructio in England; 5. Palatine Politics: Cavendish, Mansfield, and Hobbes; 6. 'Reason of State' and Hobbes; Hobbes's Translation of Altera secretissima instructio; Altera secretissima instructio; List of Manuscripts; Bibliography; Index