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Book Chivalry and Romance in the English Renaissance

Download or read book Chivalry and Romance in the English Renaissance written by Alex Davis and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2003 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reinterpretation of the place and significance of chivalric culture in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and what it says about contemporary attitudes to the medieval.

Book Gascoigne s Princely Pleasures  with the Masque

Download or read book Gascoigne s Princely Pleasures with the Masque written by George Gascoigne and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Renaissance Drama

Download or read book Renaissance Drama written by Arthur F. Kinney and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 1172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RENAISSANCE DRAMA Experience the best and most noteworthy works of Renaissance drama This Third Edition of Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments is the latest installment of a groundbreaking collection of non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama. Covering not only the popular drama of the period, Renaissance Drama includes masques, Lord Mayor shows, royal performances, and the popular mystery plays of the time. The selections fairly represent the variety and quality of Renaissance drama and they include works of scholarly and literary interest. Each work included in this edition comes with an insightful and illuminating introduction that places the piece in its historical and cultural context, with accompanying text explaining the significance of each piece and the ways in which it interacts with other works. New to this edition are: The famous entertainment for Elizabeth at Kenilworth George Peele’s remarkably inventive The Old Wives’ Tale The oft-forgotten history of Thomas of Woodstock, predecessor to Shakespeare’s Richard II John Lyly’s Gallathea, a work which explores gender and love, written for the Children’s Company at Saint Paul’s Ben Johnson’s Volpone and the controversial Epicoene Perfect for scholars, teachers, and readers of the English Renaissance, Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments belongs on the bookshelves of anyone with even a passing interest in the drama of its time.

Book British Drama 1533 1642  A Catalogue

Download or read book British Drama 1533 1642 A Catalogue written by Martin Wiggins and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 3 covers the years 1590-1597 and sees the start of Shakespeare's career as a dramatist.

Book Elizabeth s Bedfellows

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anna Whitelock
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 2013-05-23
  • ISBN : 1408833638
  • Pages : 669 pages

Download or read book Elizabeth s Bedfellows written by Anna Whitelock and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558, restoring the Protestant faith to England. At the heart of the new queen's court lay Elizabeth's bedchamber, closely guarded by the favoured women who helped her dress, looked after her jewels and shared her bed. Elizabeth's private life was of public, political concern. Her bedfellows were witnesses to the face and body beneath the make-up and elaborate clothes, as well as to rumoured illicit dalliances with such figures as Robert Dudley. Their presence was for security as well as propriety, as the kingdom was haunted by fears of assassination plots and other Catholic subterfuge. For such was the significance of the queen's body: it represented the very state itself. This riveting, revealing history of the politics of intimacy uncovers the feminized world of the Elizabethan court. Between the scandal and intrigue the women who attended the queen were the guardians of the truth about her health, chastity and fertility. Their stories offer extraordinary insight into the daily life of the Elizabethans, the fragility of royal favour and the price of disloyalty.

Book Emotion in the Tudor Court

Download or read book Emotion in the Tudor Court written by Bradley J. Irish and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deploying literary analysis, theories of emotion from the sciences and humanities, and an archival account of Tudor history, Emotion in the Tudor Court examines how literature both reflects and constructs the emotional dynamics of life in the Renaissance court. In it, Bradley J. Irish argues that emotionality is a foundational framework through which historical subjects embody and engage their world, and thus can serve as a fundamental lens of social and textual analysis. Spanning the sixteenth century, Emotion in the Tudor Court explores Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and Henrician satire; Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and elegy; Sir Philip Sidney and Elizabethan pageantry; and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and factional literature. It demonstrates how the dynamics of disgust,envy, rejection, and dread, as they are understood in the modern affective sciences, can be seen to guide literary production in the early modern court. By combining Renaissance concepts of emotion with modern research in the social and natural sciences, Emotion in the Tudor Court takes a transdisciplinary approach to yield fascinating and robust ways to illuminate both literary studies and cultural history.

Book The New Guide to the Royal Palace and Gardens of Hampton Court

Download or read book The New Guide to the Royal Palace and Gardens of Hampton Court written by Ernest Philip Alphonse Law and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Queen s Bed

Download or read book The Queen s Bed written by Anna Whitelock and published by Sarah Crichton Books. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the private world of a beloved English queen, a story of intimacy, royalty, espionage, rumor, and subterfuge Queen Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558, restoring the Protestant faith to England. At the heart of the new queen's court lay her bedchamber, closely guarded by the favored women who helped her dress, looked after her jewels, and shared her bed. Elizabeth's private life was of public concern. Her bedfellows were witnesses to the face and body beneath the makeup and raiment, as well as to rumored dalliances with such figures as Earl Robert Dudley. Their presence was for security as well as propriety, as the kingdom was haunted by fears of assassination plots and other Catholic stratagems. Such was the significance of the queen's body: it represented the very British state itself. In The Queen's Bed, the historian Anna Whitelock offers a revealing look at the Elizabethan court and the politics of intimacy. She dramatically reconstructs, for the first time, the queen's quarters and the women who patrolled them. It is a story of sex, gossip, conspiracy, and intrigue brought to life amid the colors, textures, smells, and routines of the royal court. The women who attended the queen held the truth about her health, chastity, and fertility. They were her friends, confidantes, and spies—nobody knew her better. And until now, historians have overlooked them. The Queen's Bed is a revelatory, insightful look into their daily lives—the untold story of the queen laid bare.

Book Sir Philip Sidney

    Book Details:
  • Author : Henry Richard Fox Bourne
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1891
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 470 pages

Download or read book Sir Philip Sidney written by Henry Richard Fox Bourne and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554? 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier and soldier, and is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan Age. His works include Astrophel and Stella, The Defence of Poesy (also known as The Defence of Poetry or An Apology for Poetry), and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia."--Wikipedia.

Book The Royal Gallery of Hampton Court Illustrated

Download or read book The Royal Gallery of Hampton Court Illustrated written by Ernest Law and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Son that Elizabeth I Never Had

Download or read book The Son that Elizabeth I Never Had written by Julia A. Hickey and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Robert Dudley, the handsome ‘base born’ son of Elizabeth I’s favourite, was born amidst scandal and intrigue. The story of his birth is one of love, royalty and broken bonds of trust. He was at Tilbury with the Earl of Leicester in 1587; four years later he was wealthy, independent and making a mark in Elizabeth’s court; he explored Trinidad, searched for the fabled gold of El Dorado and backed a voyage taking a letter from the queen to the Emperor of China. He took part in the Earl of Essex’s raid on Cadiz and was implicated in the earl’s rebellion in 1601 but what he wanted most was to prove his legitimacy. Refusing to accept the lot Fate dealt him after the death of the Queen, he abandoned his family, his home and his country never to return. He carved his own destiny in Tuscany as an engineer, courtier, shipbuilder and seafarer with the woman he loved at his side. His sea atlas, the first of its kind, was published in 1646. The Dell’Arcano del Mare took more than twelve years to write and was the culmination of a lifetime’s work. Robert Dudley, the son Elizabeth never had, is the story of a scholar, an adventurer and Elizabethan seadog that deserves to be better known.

Book Index  Preface  Introduction  The records of the Worshipful company of stationers  By Charles Robert Rivington  2d ed  Edinburgh  Printed by Turnbull   Spears  1893   Paper pub  separately 1883  now rev  to July 1893  A list  based on the registers of the Stationers company  of 847 London publishers  who were by trade  printers  engravers  booksellers  bookbinders   c    c   between 1553 and 1640  A  D   being a master key to English bibliography during a period in which almost all authorised books were printed in the metropolis  excepting principally a number which  from 1584 85 onwards  came from the university presses of Cambridge and Oxford  By Edward Arber   An advance ed  of the list was pub  separately 1 May 1890  present ed   rev  and cor   A bibliographical summary of English literature  1553 1603  Index I  An index of the mechanical producers of English books  and of persons and places connected with them and with the Company of stationers of London   It was not possible to print Index II  An index of the intellectual producers of English books  1894

Download or read book Index Preface Introduction The records of the Worshipful company of stationers By Charles Robert Rivington 2d ed Edinburgh Printed by Turnbull Spears 1893 Paper pub separately 1883 now rev to July 1893 A list based on the registers of the Stationers company of 847 London publishers who were by trade printers engravers booksellers bookbinders c c between 1553 and 1640 A D being a master key to English bibliography during a period in which almost all authorised books were printed in the metropolis excepting principally a number which from 1584 85 onwards came from the university presses of Cambridge and Oxford By Edward Arber An advance ed of the list was pub separately 1 May 1890 present ed rev and cor A bibliographical summary of English literature 1553 1603 Index I An index of the mechanical producers of English books and of persons and places connected with them and with the Company of stationers of London It was not possible to print Index II An index of the intellectual producers of English books 1894 written by Stationers' Company (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lives of the Queens of England  from the Norman Conquest

Download or read book Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest written by Agnes Strickland and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Prince of Poets and Most Illustrious of Philosophers

Download or read book The Prince of Poets and Most Illustrious of Philosophers written by Samuel Arthur Einem Hickson and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Tudors by Numbers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carol Ann Lloyd
  • Publisher : Pen and Sword History
  • Release : 2023-08-31
  • ISBN : 1399062964
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book The Tudors by Numbers written by Carol Ann Lloyd and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tudors by Numbers is a fresh look at a well-known dynasty — through its numbers. Take a new look at old friends by learning the complicated path to 1 possible king symbolized by 1 rose, viewing the extraordinary 42 percent of the dynasty under the rule of 2 women, and considering the impact of 4 English language translations of the Bible printed in England. The Tudors by Numbers takes you behind the scenes through a different path and reveals new ways of seeing the Tudors.

Book Queen Elizabeth I

Download or read book Queen Elizabeth I written by Christa Jansohn and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work marks the 400th anniversary of the death of one of England's greatest monarchs, a highly intelligent and successful ruler. The volume appeals to everyone interested in the charismatic character of Elizabeth I, her time and cultural afterlife. Contributors focus on important aspects of Elizabeth's subtle and resourceful political power and the longstanding struggle she faced at home and abroad as well as the threats posed to her realm. This edition presents a series of essays about fictional representations of Queen Elizabeth I in literature, music, and film. Articles illuminate the fascinating story of her numerous afterlives and their significance for the cultural history of England, its sense of identity and psyche. Essays investigate the ceremony, festivities, and dance practices at her court and bring to life the cultural significance of this colorful and extraordinary monarch. Christa Jansohn is professor of British culture at the University of Bamberg, Germany.