Elizabethan World Reference Library

by Sonia Benson (Editor)

During the reign of Elizabeth I, 1558-1603, England was transformed from a backward and isolated island to a leading military power and commercial center in which culture and the arts flourished. Filling the gaps left by other Shakespearean resources, U.X.L's Elizabethan World Reference Library covers the broad sweep of the culture of the times, from Elizabeth's court to rural life, and from the New World explorations to the remarkable flowering of literature and drama for which the era is renowned. The Almanac focuses on major topics such as religion and politics, war and conflict, science and education, as well as the Elizabethan worldview, Elizabethan court, daily life and the culture of music, art and literature. Biographies includes Shakespearean contemporaries and notables such as Walter Raleigh, Francis Drake, Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I, James I, Jane Grey, Catherine of Medici, Francis Bacon, as well as Shakespeare himself. Primary Sources is a hand-picked collection of some of the most significant and studied documents of the era.

680 pages, Unknown Binding

First published December 22, 2006