No. 94323457

Gilbert Burnet - Memoires pour servir à l'histoire de la Grande-Bretagne, sous les regnes de Charles II et de Jaques - 1725
No. 94323457

Gilbert Burnet - Memoires pour servir à l'histoire de la Grande-Bretagne, sous les regnes de Charles II et de Jaques - 1725
Gilbert Burnet: Memoirs to serve the history of Great Britain, under the reigns of Charles II and James II, with an Introduction, from the beginning of the reign of James I until the restoration of the royal family. Translated from English by Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury. The Hague, Published by Isaak Vaillant, 1725. 3 volumes in 8vo: (20 with title page and portrait) 692, (2) 612, (2) 452(99) p. Good original leather with ribs and gilded decoration. Spines with very slight damage/wear. Corners minimally worn. Endpapers in color with 2 old ex-libris. Here and there in the front, an old library stamp from a now-defunct library that has been removed. Binding and paper good. Edges colored. Beautiful set.
Gilbert Burnet (Edinburgh, September 18, 1643 - March 17, 1715) was a Scottish theologian, (church) historian, and linguist. He was also the Anglican bishop of Salisbury. In addition to English, he spoke Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew fluently.
Burnet was born in Scotland, the son of Robert Burnet, Lord Crimond, a royalist and jurist. After his studies, he traveled to Oxford, Cambridge, London, the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, and France. He studied Hebrew with a rabbi in Amsterdam and returned to Scotland in 1665. He was asked to work at the University of Glasgow but initially refused because his parish asked him to stay.
In 1679 he made a stir with the publication of his book The History of the Reformation of the Church of England. He wrote two more volumes, which were published in 1682 and 1714. For more than a century, this remained a standard work, although English Catholics objected to some passages.
In 1687, King James II of England had Burnet prosecuted for high treason while he was in the Netherlands. He was convicted in absentia, but thanks to the protection of Stadtholder William III of Orange, he was not extradited. The States General naturalized him and he received a bodyguard against assassination attempts.
It is possible that a small group of Whigs made plans in the summer of 1688 to overthrow James II of England and invited the stadtholder to become his successor. The initiative may also have come from the stadtholder. In 1687, Burnet traveled to the Republic and was appointed as one of the advisors to William III. In November 1688, he traveled with the stadtholder to England. As a reward, Burnet was appointed bishop of Salisbury.
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