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The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Containing, I. An Account of the Chancellor's Life from his Birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. A Continuation of the same, and of his History of the Grand Rebellion, from the Restoration to his Banishment in 1667, Written by Himself, Printed from his Original Manuscripts, given to the University of Oxford, by the Heirs of the late Earl of Clarendon, Clarendon Printing-House, Oxford, 1759, leather, 10 x 16", 4to Poor condition/as is. Wear and chipping to boards with redrot. Tips are bumped with exposed boards. Edges are scuffed. Boards are completely detached from binding. Chipping and cracking to spine; title in gilt is still legible. Endpapers up to frontispiece have come loose from binding. Frontispiece opposite title page. Toning, age-staining, tea-staining, and foxing throughout textblock. Binding is fragile. Please see photos and ask any questions prior to purchase. Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (18 February 1609 - 9 December 1674) was an English statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and historian who served as chief advisor to Charles I during the First English Civil War, and Lord Chancellor to Charles II from 1660 to 1667. Hyde largely avoided involvement in the political disputes of the 1630s until elected to the long Parliament in November 1640. Like many moderates, he felt that attempts by Charles I to rule without Parliament had gone too far, but by 1642, felt Parliament's leaders were, in turn, seeking too much power. A devout believer in an Episcopalian Church of England, his opposition to Puritan attempts to reform it drove much of his policy over the next two decades. He joined Charles in York shortly before the First English Civil War began in August 1642, and initially served as his senior political advisor. However, as the war turned against the Royalists, his rejection of attempts to build alliances with Scots Covenanters or Irish Catholics lead to a decline in his influence. FORN-SHELF-0522-XX-2408-JC1135
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