Companion To Tudor Britain, A

Description:
'A Companion to Tudor Britain' provides an authoritative overview of historical debates about this period, focusing on the whole British Isles. It is an authoritative overview of scholarly debates about Tudor Britain. It focuses on the whole British Isles, exploring what was common and what was distinct to its four constituent elements. It emphasises big cultural, social, intellectual, religious and economic themes. It describes differing political and personal experiences of the time. It discusses unusual subjects, such as the sense of the past amongst British constituent identities, the relationship of cultural forms to social and political issues, and the role of scientific inquiry. Bibliographies point readers to further sources of information.

Table of Contents:
List of Maps.Notes on Contributors.Preface and Acknowledgements.Introduction: Robert Tittler and Norman Jones (Concordia University; Utah State University).Part I: Government and Politics:.1. Establishing the Tudor Dynasty: David Grummitt (University of Oxford).2. The Rise of the Tudor State: Joseph S. Block (Cal Poly Pomona).3. Elizabethan Government and Politics: David Dean (Carleton University).4. The Courts: Retha Warnicke (Arizona State University).5. The Law: DeLloyd J. Guth (University of Manitoba).6. County Government in England and Wales: Steve Hindle (University of Warwick).7. Town and City Government: Catherine F. Patterson (University of Houston).8. Regional Political Relations: Steven G. Ellis (University College, Galway).9. Politics and Government of Scotland: Jenny Wormald (St. Hilda's College, University of Oxford).10. Anglo-Scottish Relations: Jane E. A. Dawson (University of Edinburgh).11. Britain and the Wider World: David Potter (University of Kent, Canterbury).Part II: Belief: Introduction:.12. Traditional Belief and Practice: Ben R. McRee (Franklin and Marshall College).13. The Dissolutions and their Aftermath: Peter Cunich (University of Hong Kong).14. Religious Settlements: Norman Jones (Utah State University).15. Catholic Recusancy: William Sheils (University of York).16. Protestant Dissent in Elizabethan England: Peter Iver Kaufman ((University of North Carolina).17. The Scottish Reformation: Michael Graham (University of Akron).Part III: People and Groups:.18. Rural Economy and Society: R. W. Hoyle (University of Reading).19. The Urban Economy: Alan Dyer (University of Wales, Bangor).20. The Great Metropolis: Joseph P. Ward (University of Mississippi).21. Society and Social Relations: Robert Tittler (Concordia University).22. Women in the British Isles: Anne Laurence (Open University).Part IV: Culture:.23. The Sense of the Past: Daniel Woolf (University of Alberta).24. Tudor Drama, Theatre and Society: Alexandra F. Johnston (University of Toronto).25. Portraiture, Politics and Society: Robert Tittler (Concordia University).26. Architecture, Politics and Society: Malcolm Airs (University of Oxford).27. Music, Politics and Society: John Milsom (Editor of the journal Early Music).28. Science, Technology and Society: Lesley B. Cormack (University of Alberta).Bibliography.Index

Author Biography:
Robert Tittler is Professor of History at Concordia University. His recent publications include The Reformation and the Towns in England: Politics and Political Culture c. 1540-1640 (1998) and Townspeople and Nation: English Urban Experiences, 1540-1640 (2001). He is co-founder and Chair of the Montreal British History Seminar and Chair of the Executive Board of Records of Early English Drama. Norman Jones is Professor and Chair of History at Utah State University. His recent publications include The Birth of the Elizabethan Age: England in the 1560s (Blackwell, 1992) and The English Reformation: Religion and Cultural Adaptation (Blackwell, 2002).