<p>Written for high school students, college undergraduates, and public library patrons—indeed, for anyone interested in this important and colorful period—the three-volume <i>Encyclopedia of Tudor England</i> illuminates the era's most important people, events, ideas, movements, institutions, and p
Tudor England: An Encyclopedia
✍ Scribed by Arthur F. Kinney, David W. Swain
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 863
- Series
- Special -Reference
- Edition
- 1st
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
This is the first encyclopedia to be devoted entirely to Tudor England. 700 entries by top scholars in every major field combine new modes of archival research with a detailed Tudor chronology and appendix of biographical essays.
Entries include: * Edward Alleyn [actor/theatre manager] * Roger Ascham * Bible translation * cloth trade * Devereux family * Espionage * Family of Love * food and diet * James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell * inns * Ket's Rebellion * John Lyly * mapmaking * Frances Meres * miniature painting * Pavan * Pilgrimage of Grace * Revels Office * Ridolfi plot * Lady Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke * treason * and much more.
Also includes an 8-page color insert.
✦ Subjects
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Европы и Америки;История Великобритании;Великобритании в средние века;
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