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Robert
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- ISBN 9781783168545
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 15 May 2016
- Publisher: University of Wales Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Suitable for six form students and above, with the intention of being a popular biography. Serves as an introduction to Robert Recorde for more advanced study
