The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 (2014)Hardcover - 2014, 27 February 2014

The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 studies the conception of Persia in the literary, political and pedagogic writings of Renaissance England and Britain. It argues that writers of all kinds debated the means and merits of English empire through their intellectual engagement with the ancient Persian empire.