Elizabethan and Jacobean England
Sources and Documents of the English Renaissance
1. Edition December 2010
756 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Through a combination of original essays and primary source material, Elizabethan and Jacobean England records the transformative changes that defined English society during the Renaissance.
* Combines original source documents with critical essays to chart the transformative changes in English society from the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, to the end of the reign of James I in 1625
* Brings together a variety of source material including new public and private documents, providing a vivid portrait of life in late Tudor and early Stuart England
* Features newly commissioned essays by leading scholars, which assist readers in navigating and interpreting the source material
* Accessibly structured into sections covering government, society, economics, literary arts, religion, and learning; with contextual introductions included at the start of each
* Challenges readers to confront their assumptions about Renaissance literature, as well as to consider problems of evidence and interpretation, new theories, and methodologies
Religion (Patrick Collinson and Donna Hamilton).
Society (Cathy Shrank and Catherine Richardson).
Economy (Joan Thirsk and Bradley D. Ryner).
Learning (Colin Burrow and Rebecca Bushnell).
Art (Gavin Alexander and Helen Wilcox).
Jacobean England opens a revealing window onto subjects ranging
from government, religion, and the literary arts to more unusual
topics such as commercial culture, educational formation, and the
emergence of individual subjectivity. Taken together the
introductory essays and documentary materials create a fascinating
new narrative for readers interested in scrutinizing, revisiting,
or just plain sampling a rich gathering of primary sources from the
early modern period. This is as erudite and beautifully edited a
gathering as can be imagined."
--S. P. Cerasano, Colgate University
"An essential, generous collection of primary Elizabethan and
Jacobean texts, extremely well chosen. The documents included here
display a remarkable range of perspectives and kinds, illustrating
the period's contested, complex discourses and illuminating the
most important, enduring issues in literary and cultural studies. A
tremendous resource: no scholar of the early modern period should
be without it."
--A. E. B. Coldiron, Florida State University
History at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and Director
of the Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies. He is editor
of the journal English Literary Renaissance, the author of
Shakespeare by Stages (2003), and the editor of A
Companion to Renaissance Drama (2002), and Renaissance
Drama: An Anthology, 2e (2004), all published by
Wiley-Blackwell.
