1st Edition
Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources
List of Figures List of Contributors Introduction: Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources Laura Sangha and Jonathan Willis PART I: SOURCES 1 State Papers and related collections Natalie Mears 2 Legal and Judicial Sources Henry French 3 Ecclesiastical Sources Jonathan Willis 4 Print Ian Green 5 Literary Sources Ceri Sullivan 6 Personal Documents Laura Sangha 7 Visual and Material Culture Tara Hamling PART II: HISTORIES 8 Gender Merry Wiesner-Hanks 9 Religion and Religious Change Alec Ryrie 10 Political Cultures Janet Dickinson 11 Popular Culture Mark Hailwood 12 Economic Life Brodie Waddell 13 Warfare Neil Younger 14 Early Modern Science Helen Cowie 15 The Wider World Margaret Small Index
Biography
Laura Sangha is Lecturer in British History 1500–1700 at the University of Exeter. Her publications include Angels and Belief in England, 1480-1700 (2012).
Jonathan Willis is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Birmingham. His publications include Church Music and Protestantism in Post-Reformation England (2010).
"Anyone interested in (what the editors call) ‘the stuff’ of the early modern past will want to read this book. Each well-focused chapter is written in an engaging style that makes this introduction to primary sources essential reading for any student of the period."
David Dean, Carleton University, Canada"Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources is indispensable for courses on early modern England or Europe. It enables students to conduct high-quality research on a wide range of topics. It guides them through the wealth of primary sources available in English online or in modern editions, and it lays out the main secondary literature and approaches."
Jacob D. Melish, University of Northern Colorado, USA
