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1570: Composes Brytannicae Reipublicae Synopsis

1570; Political writing

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1570: Composes Brytannicae Reipublicae Synopsis - Biography. Dee's Synopsis organized the Elizabethan commonwealth as a field for learned counsel and reform.

Summary

Dee's Synopsis organized the Elizabethan commonwealth as a field for learned counsel and reform.

Essay

Dee's Synopsis organized the Elizabethan commonwealth as a field for learned counsel and reform.

The manuscript shows Dee converting reading and classification into political advice.

Bibliographical reference: William H. Sherman, John Dee: The Politics of Reading and Writing in the English Renaissance (University of Massachusetts Press), pp. 216-277

Date

1570

Category

Political writing

Significance

The manuscript shows Dee converting reading and classification into political advice.

Bibliography

William H. Sherman, John Dee: The Politics of Reading and Writing in the English Renaissance (University of Massachusetts Press), pp. 216-277

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