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Tudor History
www.tudorhistory.org/
Provides an extensive overview of the Tudor period, including people,
architecture and daily life.
The Religious Reformation
www.channel4.com/history/microsites
/H/history/guide16/part04x.html
Gives an analysis of the early reforms in the Roman Catholic Church,
then looks at how the Protestant Reformation developed throughout Europe
beginning with Luther. Very readable with good biographies of Calvin,
Knox, Galileo, Erasmus and More.
World Civilizations: Discovery and Reformation
www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/REFORM
/CONTENTS.HTM
A thoroughly engaging account of the Reformation and the age of discovery.
The author gives a truly European account of the 16th century.
Books
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 fascinating
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 English Reformation by A G Dickens (Batsford, 1991) £17.99
Classic account of the Reformation, which covers late medieval religion,
the Lollard heresy, the Elizabethan settlement and the growth of Puritanism.
Church and People 1450-1660: The triumph of the laity in the English
Church by Claire Cross (Blackwell, 1999) £10.99
Detailed and scholarly account of the main religious problems from the
Reformation to the Restoration.
Religion and Society in Early Modern England by David Cressy and
Lori Ann Ferrell (Routledge, 1996) £15.99
Covers the interplay between religion, politics, society and popular culture
in the Tudor and Stuart periods. An accessible student text.
Shakespeare's England: Life in Elizabethan and Jacobean times
by Ron Pritchard (Sutton, 2001) £12.99
Light-hearted look at the relationship between men and women, London life
and crime and punishment, with sections on 'Teach Yourself Rogue's Cant'
and 'Amaze Your Friends with Home Magic'.
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