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Tudor History
www.tudorhistory.org/
Provides an extensive overview of the Tudor period, including people,
architecture and daily life.
Renaissance! The Elizabethan World
http://renaissance.dm.net/
More than 70 pages of insight into everyday life in Tudor England.
Tudor England 1485-1603
http://englishhistory.net/tudor.html
Online quiz, excellent primary sources and a fascinating article on
mental illness in 16th-century England.
Books
A Royal History of England: The Tudors by Neville Williams and
Antonia Fraser (Cassell, 2000) £12.99
An accessible and readable account of the arrival and survival of the
Tudor dynasty.
The House of Tudor by Alison Plowden (Sutton, 1998) £20
A personal rather than political history of the Tudors, with good portrait
illustrations.
Children of England: Heirs of Henry VIII by Alison Weir (Pimlico,
1997) £8.99
A joint biography of Henry VIII's four heirs.
The Tudor Age by James A Williamson (Longman, 1979) £19.99
Well-written account with excellent chapters on the Armada, Francis Drake,
Walter Ralegh and the quest for international trade.
New Worlds, Lost Worlds: The rule of the Tudors 1485-1603 by Susan
Brigden (Penguin, 2001) £8.99
General account of politics and society in the Tudor era, with insights
into the minds of its people. Especially good on religion and Ireland.
Tudor England by John Guy (Oxford University Press, 1990) £12.99
The classic textbook that covers the whole period, and includes both social
history and high politics. Academic and very detailed.
England under the Tudors by G R Elton (Routledge, 1991) £12.99
The standard textbook for A-level and first-year undergraduate students
of Tudor history. Academic but accessible.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor and Stuart Britain, edited
by John Morrill (Oxford, 2000) £17.50
Lavishly illustrated and thoroughly readable account of politics and society
during two centuries.
The European Renaissance 1400-1600 by Robin Kirkpatrick (Longman,
2001) £25
Clearly written, illustrated account of European culture during two turbulent
centuries, covering ideas, arts and science.
The Penguin Book of the Renaissance by J H Plumb (Penguin Classic,
2001) £5.99
In this vivid survey, the whole sweep of Renaissance achievement is brilliantly
portrayed and analysed.
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