Tudor & Elizabethan Era

Mary Tudor's childhood was overshadowed by the men in her life: her father, Henry VII, and her brothers Arthur, heir to the Tudor throne, and Henry VIII. These men and the beliefs held about women at the time helped to shape Mary's life. She was trained...

Longlisted for the 2022 Highland Book Prize Mary, Queen of Scots' marriage to the Earl of Bothwell is notorious. Less known is Bothwell's first wife, Jean Gordon, who extricated herself from their marriage and survived the intrigue of the Queen's...

Anne Boleyn's unconventional beauty inspired poets - and she so entranced Henry VIII with her wit, allure and style that he was prepared to set aside his wife of over twenty years and risk his immortal soul. Her sister had already been the king's...

This book seeks to refresh and retell the story of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots through their own words. Accompanying a major British Library exhibition, Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens brings new insights to the familiar...

The new, fully-updated edition of the popular introduction to the Tudor-Stuart period--offers fresh scholarship and improved readability. Early Modern England 1485-1714 is the market-leading introduction to the Tudor-Stuart period of English history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526754622Author R E PritchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Pen and Sword HistoryPublisher Pen and Sword HistoryWeight(grams) 152g

In 1510, nine men were tried in the Archbishop's Court in York for attempting to find and extract a treasure on the moor near Mixindale through necromantic magic. Two decades later, William Neville and his magician were arrested by Thomas Cromwell for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782956653127Author Vivienne BreretonFormat PaperbackPage Count 398Imprint Yuletide PressPublisher Yuletide PressWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Sixteenth-century Europe was a time of destabilisation of age-old norms and the waging of religious wars-yet it also witnessed the remarkable flowering of a pacific culture cultivated by a cohort of extraordinary women rulers who sat on Europe's thrones,...

In the autumn of 1523, Roger Shallot, self-proclaimed physician, rogue, charlatan and secret emissary of King Henry VIII, has nothing to do. His master, Benjamin Daunbey, has been sent to Italy on a diplomatic mission, leaving him in charge of their...

The Survey of Cornwall by Richard Carew, published in 1603, is the first and classic description of Cornwall, The first of two parts describes its landscape, mining, agriculture, fishing, communications, and government, anddiscusses the Cornish people,...

Immensely skillful and inventive, Hans Holbein molded his approach to art-making during a period of dramatic transformation in European society and culture: the emergence of humanism, the impact of the Reformation on religious life and the effects of new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789554960Author Diane Calton SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams) 287g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912260454Author Elizabeth GriffithsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint University of Hertfordshire PressPublisher University of Hertfordshire Press

Peasant Perceptions of Landscape marks a change in the discipline of landscape history, as well as making a major contribution to the history of everyday life. Until now, there has been no sustained analysis of how ordinary medieval and early modern...

Poor boy. Dark star. Spy. Transgressor. Genius. This is the thrilling and subversive life story of Christopher Marlowe - Shakespeare's inspiration and rival, who helped to bring England out of the cultural darkness and into the light.'Sparkling,...

Mistress. Queen. Reformer. Traitor. Icon. This book is not like any others you might have read on Anne Boleyn. It is not a biography of the life of Henry VIII's second wife and queen. What this book does is to examine Anne Boleyn through images and...

This book offers the first in-depth analysis of anti-monopoly petitioning in late-Elizabethan and Jacobean England. Drawing on a range of manuscript petitions, it reveals the centrality of the issues of monopoly and corporatism for the politicisation of...

First published in 1988, this biography of William Turner aims to present a balanced account of his career, writings, and, above all, Turner as a person. It offers a fairly comprehensive overview of his eventful life. The book begins by examining Turner...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989833490Author Julie K StrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 460Imprint OC PublishingPublisher OC PublishingWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Richard Whitford's Dyuers Holy Instrucyons and Teachynges Very Necessary for the Helth of Mannes Soule is the last printed work written by a brother of the Brigittine community at Syon Abbey. A vocal opponent of Lutheran reforms and Henry VIII's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908590886Author Anastasia StylianouFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint University of London PressPublisher University of London

Lesser Living Creatures examines literary and cultural texts from early modern England in order to understand how people in that era thought about-and with-insect and arachnid life. The conversations in this two-volume set address the collaborative,...

Lesser Living Creatures examines literary and cultural texts from early modern England in order to understand how people in that era thought about-and with-insect and arachnid life. Designed for the classroom, the book comprises two volumes-Insects and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306835933Author Estelle ParanqueFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

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Water and cognition seem unrelated things, the one a physical environment and the other an intellectual process. The essays in this book show how bringing these two modes together revitalizes our understanding of both. Water and especially oceanic spaces...

Lesser Living Creatures examines literary and cultural texts from early modern England in order to understand how people in that era thought about-and with-insect and arachnid life. The conversations in this two-volume set address the collaborative,...

Lesser Living Creatures examines literary and cultural texts from early modern England in order to understand how people in that era thought about-and with-insect and arachnid life. Designed for the classroom, the book comprises two volumes-Insects and...

I felt that Mary was there, pulling at my sleeve, willing me to appreciate the artistry, wanting me to understand the dazzle of the material world that shaped her.At her execution Mary, Queen of Scots wore red. Widely known as the colour of strength and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639366125Author Joanne PaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm * 43mm

What did it mean to be a 'go-between' in the early modern world? How were such figures perceived in sixteenth and seventeenth century England? And what effect did their movement between languages, countries, religions and social spaces - whether enforced...

Originally published in 1970, this volume examines the history of the Yorkist and early Tudor royal landed estate, conducted in the light of its role in earlier medieval history and especially in Lancastrian government. It provides material with which to...

Britain's emergence as one of Europe's major maritime powers has all too frequently been subsumed by nationalistic narratives that focus on operations and technology. This volume, by contrast, offers a daring new take on Britain's maritime past. It...

Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages aims to tell the full story of early English shipboard performers, who have been historically absent from conversations about English navigation, maritime culture, and economic expansion...

Sixteenth-century Europe was a time of destabilisation of age-old norms and the waging of religious wars-yet it also witnessed the remarkable flowering of a pacific culture cultivated by a cohort of extraordinary women rulers who sat on Europe's thrones,...

Gruesome but not gratuitous, this decidedly darker take on the Tudors, from 1485 to 1603, covers some forty-five ‘events’ from the Tudor reign, taking in everything from the death of Richard III to the botched execution of Mary Queen of Scots, and a...

King Edward VI tends to be glossed over in the historical narrative of the Tudor dynasty. His achievements during his brief time on the throne are eclipsed by the tumultuous and fascinating reigns of his grandfather, father and two half-sisters. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789558852Author Ian JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams) 515g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781835630235Author Alison M WallFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams)...