The legacy of John Frampton
Elizabethan trader and translator
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11499489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald Beecher (Carleton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 320-339 |
| Publication date | 2006-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-1213 • E-ISSN: 1477-4658 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1477-4658.2006.00190.x |
| OpenAlex | W2053453127 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
John Frampton was one of the Bristol merchants in the Spanish trade who suffered the confiscation of his goods and imprisonment by the Inquisition in Seville on trumped up charges, largely in compensation for the piracy practiced by the English on the high seas. A striking account of his experiences as a prisoner who was later condemned to ‘house‐arrest’ in Spain for the rest of his days, and of his eventual escape, can be pieced together from the records of his own quest for compensation before the English Admiralty Court. During his sojourn in Spain, Frampton achieved a very real competence in Spanish, which enabled him to turn to translation in his later years. His choice of works included most notably the Spanish version of the travels of Marco Polo and the treatise by Nicholas Monardes of Seville on the medical simples and medicinal herbs brought back by the conquistadors. He also translated books on the exploration of the Far East, and on the arts of navigation. Frampton's motives for making this effort are open to interpretation, whether he was merely exploiting a talent in search of success through the English book trade, or whether he was seeking, as well, to make known vital information that would strengthen England's mercantile aspirations on a global basis
Art · Art history · Compensation (psychology · Competence (human resources · Confiscation · Economics · Imprisonment · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Management · Political science · Psychoanalysis · The arts · Classics · Early Modern Spanish Literature · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · Historical Studies on Spain · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |