Quoted in Gunn, Politics and the public interest ref. John M. Headley, Tommaso Campanella and the transformation of the world Princeton, , —5. Headley, Campanella ref. David Armitage, The ideological origins of the British empire Cambridge, , esp. On the early modern economies of England and Holland, see David Ormrod, The rise of commercial empires: England and the Netherlands in the age of mercantilism, — Cambridge, , esp. Amsterdam and her other Hollander sisters put out to sea Amsterdam and her sisters ref.
Robert Brenner, Merchants and revolution Israel, The Dutch republic: Its rise, greatness, and fall — Oxford, , Braddick, Parliamentary taxation in 17th century England Rochester, , —13; and Armitage, Ideological origins ref. See, for example, the monarchist John Fell, The interest of England stated See for example, William Prynne, Philanx Protestant His Majesties most gracious speech, together with the Lord Chancellors May, , 12; J.
Jones, The Anglo-Dutch wars of the seventeenth century , esp. Jones, Anglo-Dutch wars ref. Bliss, Revolution and empire: English politics and the American colonies in the seventeenth century Manchester and New York, , —; Michael J.
Braddick, State formation in early modern England, c. The court argument is best seen in Jones, Anglo-Dutch wars ref. Cambridge, , 37—62, esp. Davenant, Essays ref. Diary ref.
John Crouch, Belgica caracteristica, or the Dutch character Seas magazine opened ref. A3v—A4; B—B2v, B4ff. John Evelyn, Navigation and commerce Trevor-Roper , —, p.
Richard Hawkins, A discourse of the national excellencies of England , , —3. Armitage, Ideological origins ref. Sprat, Thomas, To the Royal Society.
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Sign me up. Already have a WordPress. Log in now. Loading Comments Email Required Name Required Website. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Wilkins's modern biographer also remarks on his social prowess; see Shapiro , , op. For Wilkins's theological conception of prudence see McAdoo , , op. Wilkins had nominated Sprat for membership of the Society on 1 April , and he was duly elected on the fifteenth of that month; Birch , , op. In his DSB article on Sprat.
Although this is a widely held view, it seems implausible in that Wilkins had been the dedicatee of royalist pamphlets by Matthew Wren in the late s and had protected the sons of Royalists while Warden of Wadham, while Sprat on the other hand had penned a verse in praise of Cromwell in ; see Wren , Matthew , Monarchy asserted , Oxford , Google Scholar , dedication: Pope , , op.
Wilkins's moderate politics would have been acceptable to all but the most extreme at either end of the spectrum. What the Society needed was a stylist who would appeal to the tastes of the virtuosi they were attempting to secure support from, and as Sprat's History was widely praised for its eloquence and style, it would seem that they were successful in this.
See for example Glanvill , Joseph , Plus ultra: or, the progress and advancement of knowledge since the days of Aristotle , London , , p.
To a man of High Church sympathies, therefore, Sprat was quite as much a trimming commonwealthman as Wilkins.
This quotation shows that Sprat himself claimed the role of stylist. Dr Webster is virtually alone amongst historians of the early Royal Society in suggesting that methodology fulfilled apologetic and ideological functions; others to have touched on this point include Shapiro , , op.
It would appear that Hooke and Brouncker advised Wilkins on the selection of the examples to be included in the History.
Jacob cites Purver's work as evidence for his claim that Sprat's History is an authoritative statement of the Society's aims and aspirations without taking into account Webster's criticisms in his review article, op.
On the membership lists see Hunter , , op. On the plans for a college see Hunter , , op. Oldenburg attempted to gain the esteem and support of foreign dignitaries by sending them copies of the History ; Oldenburg , op. Francis Bacon was the first to put forward this view; The works of Francis Bacon ed. Despite Sprat's remarks to the contrary, the Society did make some efforts to keep its registers in order; see Royal Society, Council book copy , 44 Google Scholar. The Oxford group had attempted to do the same; see Robinson , H.
Sprat's criticism of Bacon, p. This raises the question as to whether Hooke's manuscript was edited to suit the tenor of the History. Houghton rightly points to Boyle's perception of the philosophical significance of the programme for the history of trades in contrast to Evelyn and Sprat. However, Petty's utilitarianism is exaggerated at the expense of his philosophical interests. See also the related manuscript on natural histories in the Royal Society, Classified papers — , xx.
However, seems equally plausible since much of the material included is closely related to Hooke's work on comets carried out in the winter of —5, and to his discourse on the nature of fire read before the Royal Society on 18 January His phraseology, esp.
During the winter of —6 Oldenburg, with the help of Boyle, was busy publicizing the natural history programme in the Philosophical transactions; Oldenburg , ibid. Thus Boyle, Hooke, Oldenburg, and Petty held similar views concerning natural histories in general, and the history of trades programme in particular. For a more detailed discussion of Hooke's prescriptions see Wood , , op.
Compare Glanvill , Joseph , Scepsis scientifica. London , , pp. Bacon had earlier developed this point in detail; Wood , , op. For other discussions by historians of literature of scpeticism in the Restoration see Bredvold , Louis I.
Useful older studies include those by Bosher and Whiteman cited in n.
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