English Historical Documents 1558–1603

Description

English Historical Documents is the most ambitious, impressive and comprehensive collection of primary documents on English history ever published. The volumes were published between 1953 and 1977 and have become landmark publications in their own fields.

This long awaited volume covers 1558–1603, the reign of Elizabeth I, when government, culture, religion and foreign policy all underwent profound change. The format of the series has been updated and the documents gathered here encompass the most up to date approaches to the material. This volume includes informative introductory pieces for the parts and sections and editorial comment is directed towards making sources intelligible rather than drawing conclusions from them.

Contents

1.1 Accession 1.2 Religious Settlement 1.3 Economic Settlement 1.4 Scotland 1.5 Marriage and Succession 1.6 Enforcing the Settlement 1.7 Beginnings of Puritanism 1.8 Crisis of 1568-72 2.1 Monarchy and the Court 2.2 Projecting Power 2.3 Parliament 2.4 Crown Finances 2.5 Law 2.6 Local Government 2.7 Militia 3.1 Social Structure 3.2 Family and Household 3.3 Domestic Economy 3.4 Overseas Trade and Exploration 3.5 Cultural Life 3.6 Poverty and Welfare 3.7 Crime 3.8 London 4.1 State of the Church 4.2 Catholicism 4.3 Puritan Challenge 4.4. Religious Radicals 4.5 Anjou 4.6 Ireland 4.7 The Problem with Mary 4.8 The Armada 5.1 Politics in the 1590s 5.2 The Burdens of War 5.3 Poverty and Crime 5.4 Catholics Divided 5.5 Puritanism Contained 5.6 Ireland 5.7 Succession 5.8 End of the Regime Bibliography Primary Final Bibliography Secondary Final

Author Bio

F. Douglas Price was a distinguished historian of Elizabethan England and Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. Ian W. Archer is Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, and General Editor of the Royal Historical Society’s Bibliography.

Related Subjects

1. History
2. British History
3. Early Modern History 1500-1750
4. Political History