Humanism and America: An Intellectual History of English Colonisation, 1500 – 1625

Ideas in Context

by Andrew Fitzmaurice

Andrew Fitzmaurice reveals that English expansion was profoundly neo-classical in its inspiration, and that humanist traditions were extremely influential in the early development of the American colonies. Until now, accounts of early American colonization, and of European colonization in general, have placed great emphasis upon the links between colonization and the aggressive agendas of modern times claimed by historians and literary scholars.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

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First published February 26, 1999