Description
About the Author
Robert Tittler has researched, taught, and published for over forty years, producing ten books and some fifty scholarly articles and essays on the urban, political, social, economic, and cultural history of the Tudor and early Stuart eras. He prefers to work at the edges of his subjects rather in their centres, hoping to knit those subjects together with the edges of adjacent issues. His studies of town halls and political authority (Architecture and Power, 1991), of the impact of the Reformation on urban political life (The Reformation and the Towns, 1998), the experiences of individual urban residents in relation to the whole (Townspeople and Nation, 2001), or of portraiture and civic identity (The Face of the City, 2007), all work towards those ends, as does this present book.
Reviews
Tittler's thoroughly researched and well-referenced book is both scholarly and readily accessible to anyone interested in the early modern period. * Kathryn Davies, Journal of British Studies *
This book makes a compelling case for the significance of vernacular portraiture to our understanding of the social and cultural history of early modern England ... a richly rewarding read. * Dr Catherine Richardson, University of Kent *
Tittler provides in this important monograph a valuable window into the production of painted portraits by a category of artist until now little-studied within the history of English art. * Dr Helen Pierce, Reviews in History *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199685967
Author Robert Tittler
Format Paperback
Page Count 216
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 156mm * 12mm