The Paradise of Travellers
The Italian Influence on Englishmen in the Seventeenth Century
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 8 July 2026
- ISBN 9781041021209
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages242 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 450 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
First published in 1964, The Paradise of Travellers devotes particular attention to travel books. Not only the records of such celebrated tourists as Fynes Moryson and John Evelyn, but those of many others, equally interesting, are examined.
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Italy in the Seicento retained her prestige as the country most advanced in the arts of civilization. She was still, with France, and prior to the formation of the Royal Society, in the van of scientific research. The Academy of St. Luke in Rome was the greatest art school in the world. Scientists like Galileo, historians like Paolo Sarpi, added new lustre to her name. Venice, ‘the eldest child of liberty’ was still glorious and powerful. Thus it was that English students flocked in numbers to Padua and that travellers regarded a sojourn in Italy as the highlight of their experience.
First published in 1964, The Paradise of Travellers devotes particular attention to travel books. Not only the records of such celebrated tourists as Fynes Moryson and John Evelyn, but those of many others, equally interesting, are examined. It is shown that, as the century advanced, Englishmen were entertained and even welcomed in Rome by learned ecclesiastics and eminent Cardinals. The Protestant and Catholic worlds were learning the need, and even the charm, of co-existence.
Review of the first publication:
‘The book is a good introduction to the political, diplomatic, and cultural history of the Seicento, and a supplement to the basic works of John Walter Stoye, Pearsall Smith, George Bruner Parks, and others, all of whose labors are generously acknowledged.’
— John A. Thayer, Georgetown University
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Introduction Part 1: Italy in the seventeenth century 1. History of the Seicento: Politics and War 2. Envoys and Diplomatists 3. Sir Henry Wotton and the Venice Embassy 4. The Queen’s Chancellor 5. Expatriates and Philosophers 6. The University of Padua Part 2: Italy as seen by the English 7. Daily life and the Daily Round 8. Conditions of Travel: Foreign Exchange, Transport, Hotels 9. Fynes Moryson 10. Thomas Coryate 11. George Sandys 12. Lithgow, Mundy and Gage 13. John Evelyn 14. John Raymond 15. Reresby, Mortoft and Ray 16. Lassels
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