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Oct 25, 2022 · These are some of Clarendon’s analyses of the moral constitution of named individuals, but the History frequently turns to the vocabulary of unbridled passion and intoxication to describe the motivation of unnamed actors and groups on the Parliamentarian side, particularly its more radical elements. The opposition to the King was driven by ‘fierceness’ and ‘fury’ (i 400), by ...
The distinctive feature of Clarendon's moral thought is that while it is based on a belief in the moral sovereignty of reason-to which revelation is conceived to be only a supplement-reason is for the most part treated simply as a means to action. The virtuous man, Clarendon felt, must be a thinking man, but he must also be a man of action.
Clarendon and the Great Rebellion Life a moral drama - Richard Ollard, author of the latest study of Clarendon, argues that he was uniquely placed, as both chronicler of and participant in the English Civil War, to reflect in his writings his way of 'making sense' of politics, history and religion.
Oct 13, 2009 · The group arrives at a definition of drama: Lisideius suggests that it is “a just and lively Image of Humane Nature.” Each character then speaks in turn, touching on the merits of French and English drama, continuing the debate over ancient versus modern writers, and discussing the value of the “Unities” or rules of French drama.
interlude. morality play, an allegorical drama popular in Europe especially during the 15th and 16th centuries, in which the characters personify moral qualities (such as charity or vice) or abstractions (as death or youth) and in which moral lessons are taught. Together with the mystery play and the miracle play, the morality play is one of ...
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Clarendon and the Rhetoric of Historical Formis the first major evaluation from a literary point of view of the writings of Edward Hyde, the first Earl of Clare...
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CLARENDON ON THE STAGE So far the connexion of Edward Hyde, first Earl of Clarendon, with the theatre has been only partially noticed. As a member of the Middle Temple, Hyde worked on a committee of two that was urgently formed to plan jointly with other houses a production of Shirley's masque, The Triumph of Peace, which was an attempt by the
