The English Renaissance: An Anthology of Sources and DocumentsThis comprehensive anthology collects in one volume primary texts and documents relevant to literature, culture and intellectual life in England from 1550 to 1660. Through both well-known and forgotten texts that were influential at the time, the volume introduces controversies, ideas, and views on all areas of cultural interest in early modern England. Sections include: * religion and theology Each section provides historical breadth, showing change and continuity. The English Renaissance enables students to compare the ideology, content and rhetorical strategies of 'literary' and 'aesthetic' texts with 'historical' or 'political' events and texts. |
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RELIGION | 9 |
11 THE BIBLE | 13 |
12 WILLIAM TYNDALE A PROLOGUE SHOWING THE USE OF SCRIPTURE | 17 |
13 THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER | 19 |
1A CERTAIN SERMONS OR HOMILIES | 23 |
15 AN ACT FOR THE UNIFORMITY OF COMMON PRAYER AND SERVICE IN THE CHURCH AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACR... | 25 |
16 JOHN JEWEL AN APOLOGY OR ANSWER IN DEFENCE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND | 27 |
17 JOHN FOXE ACTS AND MONUMENTS | 29 |
57 STEPHEN GOSSON THE SCHOOL OF ABUSE | 285 |
58 WILLIAM WEBBE A DISCOURSE OF ENGLISH POETRY | 287 |
59 PHILIP SIDNEY AN APOLOGY FOR POETRY | 289 |
510 GEORGE PUTTENHAM THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY | 295 |
511 THOMAS NASHE THE ANATOMY OF ABSURDITY | 303 |
512 GEORGE PETTIE GUAZZOS CIVIL CONVERSATION | 305 |
513 EDMUND SPENSER LETTER OF THE AUTHOR PREFACED TO THE FAERIE QUEENE | 307 |
514 JOHN HARRINGTON PREFACE TO ORLANDO FURIOSO | 308 |
18 THE THIRTYNINE ARTICLES | 31 |
19 ARCHBISHOP PARKER THE ADVERTISEMENTS | 34 |
110 PAPAL BULL | 36 |
111 AN ADMONITION TO PARLIAMENT | 37 |
112 RICHARD FITZ THE SEPARATIST COVENANT | 39 |
113 JOHN ROGERS THE DISPLAYING OF AN HORRIBLE SECT | 41 |
114 ROBERT SOUTHWELL AN HUMBLE SUPPLICATION TO HER MAJESTY | 43 |
115 LADY MARGARET HOBY DIARY | 45 |
116 THE MILLENARY PETITION | 48 |
117 CONSTITUTIONS AND CANONS ECCLESIASTICAL | 49 |
118 ARTHUR DENT THE PLAIN MANS PATHWAY TO HEAVEN | 52 |
119 WILLIAM LAUD SPEECH DELIVERED IN THE STAR CHAMBER AT THE CENSURE OF JOHN BASTWICK HENRY BURTON AND WIL... | 56 |
120 JOSEPH HALL EPISCOPACY BY DIVINE RIGHT | 58 |
121 THE ROOT AND BRANCH PETITION | 60 |
122 THOMAS EDWARDS GANGRAENA | 63 |
123 THE SUSSEX CLUBMENS PETITION TO PARLIAMENT | 66 |
124 ABIEZER COPPE A FIERY FLYING ROLL | 67 |
125 MARY CARY A NEW AND MORE EXACT MAP OR DESCRIPTION OF NEW JERUSALEMS GLORY | 69 |
126 ANNA TRAPNELS REPORT AND PLEA | 71 |
127 JAMES NAYLOR A CAUTION TO ALL | 72 |
128 INSTRUMENT OF GOVERNMENT | 75 |
129 MARGARET FELL FOX A DECLARATION AND AN INFORMATION FROM US PEOPLE OF GOD CALLED QUAKERS | 76 |
130 THE CLARENDON CODE | 78 |
POLITICS | 81 |
21 THOMAS ELYOT THE GOVERNOR | 84 |
22 THE ACT OF SUPREMACY | 87 |
23 JOHN KNOX THE FIRST BLAST OF THE TRUMPET AGAINST THE MONSTROUS REGIMENT OF WOMEN | 89 |
24 JOHN AYLMER AN HARBOROW FOR FAITHFUL AND TRUE SUBJECTS | 91 |
25 AN EXHORTATION CONCERNING GOOD ORDER AND OBEDIENCE | 92 |
26 GEORGE BUCHANAN DE JURE REGNI | 95 |
27 THOMAS SMITH DE REPUBLICA ANGLORUM | 98 |
SPEECHES TO PARLIAMENT | 100 |
29 RICHARD HOOKER THE LAWS OF ECCLESIASTICAL POLITY | 102 |
210 NICHOLAS MACHIAVELLI THE PRINCE | 104 |
211 EDMUND SPENSER A VIEW OF THE PRESENT STATE OF IRELAND | 107 |
212 FRANCIS BACON A DECLARATION OF THE PRACTICES AND TREASONS ATTEMPTED AND COMMITTED BY ROBERT LATE EARL ... | 114 |
213 FRANCIS BACON A BRIEF DISCOURSE TOUCHING THE HAPPY UNION | 116 |
214 JAMES STUART THE TRUE LAW OF FREE MONARCHIES | 118 |
215 JAMES STUART SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT | 121 |
216 JOHN CHAMBERLAIN LETTERS ON THE OVERBURY AFFAIR | 122 |
217 THE PETITION OF RIGHT | 125 |
218 THE GRAND REMONSTRANCE | 127 |
219 RICHARD OVERTON AN AGREEMENT OF THE PEOPLE | 131 |
220 CHARLES STUART HIS MAJESTYS REASONS AGAINST THE PRETENDED JURISDICTION OF THE HIGH COURT | 133 |
221 AN ACT FOR THE ABOLISHING OF THE KINGLY OFFICE | 135 |
222 AN ACT FOR SUBSCRIBING THE ENGAGEMENT | 136 |
223 GERRARD WINSTANLEY THE LAW OF FREEDOM IN A PLATFORM | 137 |
224 THE INSTRUMENT OF GOVERNMENT | 140 |
225 THOMAS HOBBES LEVIATHAN | 141 |
226 JAMES HARRINGTON OCEANA | 144 |
227 THE HUMBLE PETITION AND ADVICE 1657 | 147 |
228 THE DECLARATION OF BREDA | 149 |
SOCIETY AND SOCIAL LIFE | 151 |
31 ROBERT CROWLEY AN INFORMATION AND PETITION AGAINST THE OPPRESSORS OF THE POOR COMMONS OF THIS REALM | 154 |
32 JOHN AWDELEY THE FRATERNITY OF VAGABONDS | 158 |
33 CASTIGLIONE THE COURTIER | 159 |
34 ELIZABETHAN SUMPTUARY LAWS | 163 |
35 THE STATUTE OF ARTIFICERS | 167 |
36 THOMAS TUSSER A HUNDRED GOOD POINTS OF HUSBANDRY | 175 |
37 JOHN STOWE A SURVEY OF THE CITIES OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER | 177 |
38 PHILIP STUBBES ANATOMY OF ABUSES | 180 |
39 THOMAS SMITH DE REPUBLICA ANGLORUM | 185 |
310 THE LORD MAYOR AND THE ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF LONDONS LETTER TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL | 190 |
311 JOSEPH HALL VIRGIDEMIARUM | 191 |
312 AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR | 194 |
313 PROCLAMATION PROHIBITING ACCESS TO COURT BECAUSE OF PLAGUE | 196 |
314 PRICING PROCLAMATION | 197 |
315 VAGRANCY PROCLAMATION | 199 |
316 LONDON WAGES | 201 |
317 EXTRAVAGANCE AT COURT | 203 |
318 WILLIAM GOUGE OF DOMESTICAL DUTIES | 205 |
319 FRANCIS BACON ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL | 207 |
320 DECLARATION CONCERNING SPORTS | 208 |
321 HENRY PEACHAM THE ART OF LIVING IN LONDON | 210 |
EDUCATION | 215 |
41 THOMAS ELYOT THE GOVERNOR | 219 |
42 THOMAS HOBY PREFACE TO THE COURTIER | 225 |
43 THOMAS BECON THE CATECHISM | 226 |
44 ROGER ASCHAM THE SCHOOLMASTER | 232 |
45 RICHARD MULCASTER POSITIONS | 235 |
46 FRANCIS BACON THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING | 242 |
47 HENRY PEACHAM THE COMPLETE GENTLEMAN | 245 |
48 THOMAS POWELL TOM OF ALL TRADES | 250 |
49 JOHANN COMENIUS A REFORMATION OF SCHOOLS | 251 |
410 JOHN MILTON OF EDUCATION | 254 |
411 WILLIAM DELL A TRIAL OF SPIRITS | 258 |
OR THE EXAMINATION OF THE ACADEMIES | 260 |
413 CHARLES HOOLE A NEW DISCOVERY OF THE OLD ART OF TEACHING SCHOOL | 263 |
414 ANNA MARIA VAN SCHURMAN THE LEARNED MAID | 269 |
LITERARY AND CULTURAL THEORIES | 271 |
51 TOTTELS SONGS AND SONNETS | 276 |
53 CASTIGLIONE THE COURTIER | 277 |
54 INJUNCTIONS GIVEN BY THE QUEENS MAJESTY | 278 |
55 ROGER ASCHAM THE SCHOOLMASTER | 279 |
56 MARGARET TYLER THE MIRROR OF PRINCELY DEEDS AND KNIGHTHOOD | 282 |
515 PHILEMON HOLLAND PREFACE TO PLINYS NATURAL HISTORY | 309 |
516 THOMAS CAMPION OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY | 311 |
517 SAMUEL DANIEL A DEFENCE OF RHYME | 314 |
518 WILLIAM CAMDEN REMAINS OF BRITAIN | 317 |
519 AEMILIA LANYER SALVE DEUS REX JUDEAORUM | 319 |
520 BEN JONSON DISCOVERIES | 320 |
521 FRANCIS BACON THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING | 324 |
522 HENRY WOTTON THE ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE | 326 |
523 JOHN MILTON AREOPAGITICA | 332 |
524 JOHN MILTON THE REASON OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT | 337 |
525 WILLIAM DAVENANT PREFACE TO GONDIBERT | 338 |
526 INIGO JONES STONEHENGE RESTORED | 341 |
SCIENCE AND MAGIC | 345 |
61 PSEUD ALBERTUS MAGNUS THE BOOK OF SECRETS | 349 |
62 CORNEOUS HENRY AGRIPPA OF THE UNCERTAINTY AND VANITY OF SCIENCES | 350 |
63 JOHN DEE PREFACE TO EUCLIDS ELEMENTS | 353 |
64 THOMAS DIGGES PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF THE CELESTIAL ORBS | 354 |
65 REGINALD SCOTT THE DISCOVERY OF WITCHCRAFT | 357 |
66 GALEN AND CULPEPER ART OF PHYSIC | 362 |
67 ROGER BACON THE MIRROR OF ALCHEMY | 367 |
68 JOHN GERARD HERBAL | 370 |
69 WILLIAM GILBERT OF MAGNETISM | 375 |
610 FRANCIS BACON THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING | 377 |
611 GALILEO GALILEI THE STARRY MESSENGER | 380 |
612 HELKIAH CROOKE M1CROCOSMOGRAPHIA | 383 |
613 ROBERT BURTON THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY | 387 |
614 FRANCIS BACON THE GREAT INSTAURATION | 390 |
615 WILLIAM HARVEY ON THE MOTION OF THE HEART AND BLOOD | 396 |
616 RENÉ DESCARTES DISCOURSE OF METHOD | 397 |
617 JOHN WILKINS THE DISCOVERY OF A WORLD IN THE MOON | 402 |
618 KENELM DIGBY TWO TREATISES | 403 |
619 WILLIAM HARVEY ANATOMICAL EXERCITATIONS | 406 |
620 JOHN WEBSTER THE EXAMINATION OF ACADEMIES | 408 |
621 WILLIAM COLES ADAM IN EDEN | 410 |
622 THOMAS MOUFFET THE THEATRE OF INSECTS | 413 |
623 ROBERT BOYLE THE SCEPTICAL CHEMIST | 415 |
GENDER AND SEXUALITY | 417 |
71 ERASMUS IN LAUD AND PRAISE OF MATRIMONY | 421 |
72 ROESSLIN THE BIRTH OF MANKIND | 422 |
73 A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE COMMON SECRETARY AND JEALOUSY TOUCHING THE UNSTABLENESS OF HARLOTS | 424 |
74 C PYRRYE THE PRAISE AND DISPRAISE OF WOMEN | 428 |
75 VIVES THE OFFICE AND DUTY OF AN HUSBAND | 429 |
76 CASTIGLIONE THE COURTIER | 433 |
77 AN HOMILY OF THE STATE OF MATRIMONY | 435 |
78 JOHN CALVIN A COMMENTARY UPON ST PAULS EPISTLES TO THE CORINTHIANS | 439 |
79 STEPHEN GOSSON THE SCHOOL OF ABUSE | 442 |
710 EDMUND TILNEY THE FLOWER OF FRIENDSHIP | 443 |
711 STEPHEN GUAZZO THE CIVIL CONVERSATION | 446 |
712 FRANCIS MERES GODS ARITHEMET1C | 447 |
713 DOD AND CLEAVER A GODLY FORM OF HOUSEHOLD GOVERNMENT | 448 |
714 TORQUATO TASSO AND HERCULE TASSO OF MARRIAGE AND WIVING | 451 |
715 JOSEPH HALL VIRGIDEMIARUM | 453 |
716 GUILLEMEAU CHILDBIRTH OR THE HAPPY DELIVERY OF WOMEN | 456 |
717 JOHN CHAMBERLAIN ON WOMENS DRESS | 457 |
718 THOMAS GATAKER TWO SERMONS | 458 |
719 CORNELIUS LAPIDUS THE GREAT COMMENTARY OF CORNELIUS LAPIDUS | 461 |
720 HELKIAH CROOKE MICROCOSMOGRAPHIA | 463 |
721 RICHARD BRATHWAITE THE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN | 465 |
722 WILLIAM GOUGE OF DOMESTICAL DUTIES | 466 |
723 JACQUES DU BOSC THE COMPLETE WOMAN | 469 |
724 MARY TATTLEWELL AND JOAN HITHIMHOME THE WOMENS SHARP REVENGE | 472 |
725 KATHERINE CHIDLEY THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE INDEPENDENT CHURCHES OF CHRIST | 475 |
727 THE SAINTS TESTIMONY | 477 |
728 THE COMPLETE MIDWIFES PRACTICE ENLARGED | 479 |
EXPLORATION AND TRADE | 483 |
81 PETER MARTYR THE DECADES | 486 |
82 A BRIEF RELATION OF TWO SUNDRY VOYAGES MADE BY THE WORSHIPFUL MR WILLIAM HAWKINS 1530 AND 1532 | 492 |
83 THOMAS GRESHAM ADVICE ON EXCHANGE RATES | 493 |
84 THE VOYAGE MADE BY MR JOHN HAWKINS TO THE COAST OF GUINEA AND THE INDIES OF NOVA HISPANIA | 494 |
85 A DISCOURSEBY ONE MILES PHILIPS | 499 |
86 THOMAS WILSON A DISCOURSE UPON USURY | 505 |
87 LETTERS PATENT TO SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT | 506 |
88 THE FIRST ENGLISH VOYAGE TO VIRGINIA | 507 |
89 THOMAS HARRIOT A BRIEF AND TRUE REPORT OF THE NEWFOUND LAND OF VIRGINIA | 509 |
810 WALTER RALEIGH THE DISCOVERY OF GUIANA | 517 |
811 RICHARD HAKLUYT PREFACE TO THE PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS VOYAGES TRAFFICS AND DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH NA... | 519 |
812 CHARTER TO THE EAST INDIA COMPANY | 521 |
813 MICHEL MONTAIGNE OF CANNIBALS ESSAYS | 522 |
814 JEAN BODIN SIX BOOKS OF A COMMONWEAL | 526 |
815 JAMES I CHARTER TO THE VIRGINIA COMPANY | 528 |
816 ROBERT GRAY A GOOD SPEED TO VIRGINIA | 529 |
817 WILLIAM STRACHEY A TRUE REPORTORY OF THE WRACK | 533 |
818 BRIEF DECLARATION OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THINGS IN VIRGINIA | 534 |
819 JOHN SMITH A DESCRIPTION OF NEW ENGLAND | 537 |
820 EDWARD WINSLOW A RELATION OR JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE PLANTATION SETTLED AT PLYMOUTH NEW EN... | 541 |
821 EDWARD MISSELDEN FREE TRADE | 542 |
822 GERARD DE MALYNES THE MAINTENANCE OF FREE TRADE | 545 |
823 FRANCIS BACON OF USURY | 547 |
824 JOHN SMITH ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE UNEXPERIENCED PLANTERS OF NEWENGLAND | 549 |
825 THE NAVIGATION ACT | 553 |
CHRONOLOGY | 555 |
NOTES | 587 |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHIES | 594 |
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