Author: Sir Roger Twysden
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The Twysden Lieutenancy Papers, 1583-1668
Author: Sir Roger Twysden
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature
Author: Historical Association (Great Britain)
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Thomas Churchyard
Author: Matthew Woodcock
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191081922
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Soldier, courtier, author, entertainer, and amateur spy, Thomas Churchyard (c.1529-1604) saw action in most of the principal Tudor theatres of war, was a servant to five monarchs, and had a literary career spanning over half a century during which time he produced over fifty different works in a variety of forms and genres. Churchyard's struggles to subsist as an author and soldier provides an unrivalled opportunity to examine the self-promotional strategies employed by an individual who attempts to make a living from both writing and fighting, and who experiments throughout his life with ways in which the arts of the pen and sword may be reconciled and aligned. Drawing on extensive archival and literary sources, Matthew Woodcock reconstructs the extraordinary life of a figure well-known yet long neglected in early modern literary studies. In the first ever book-length biography of Churchyard, Woodcock reveals the author to be a resourceful and innovative writer whose long literary career plays an important part in the history of professional authorship in sixteenth-century England. This book also situates Churchyard alongside contemporary soldier-authors such as Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, George Gascoigne, and Sir Philip Sidney, and it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the relationship between literature and the military in the early modern period. Churchyard's writings drew heavily upon his own experiences at court and in the wars and the author never tired of drawing attention to the struggles he endured throughout his life. Consequently, this study addresses the wider methodological question of how we should construct the biography of an individual who was consistently preoccupied with telling his own story.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191081922
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Soldier, courtier, author, entertainer, and amateur spy, Thomas Churchyard (c.1529-1604) saw action in most of the principal Tudor theatres of war, was a servant to five monarchs, and had a literary career spanning over half a century during which time he produced over fifty different works in a variety of forms and genres. Churchyard's struggles to subsist as an author and soldier provides an unrivalled opportunity to examine the self-promotional strategies employed by an individual who attempts to make a living from both writing and fighting, and who experiments throughout his life with ways in which the arts of the pen and sword may be reconciled and aligned. Drawing on extensive archival and literary sources, Matthew Woodcock reconstructs the extraordinary life of a figure well-known yet long neglected in early modern literary studies. In the first ever book-length biography of Churchyard, Woodcock reveals the author to be a resourceful and innovative writer whose long literary career plays an important part in the history of professional authorship in sixteenth-century England. This book also situates Churchyard alongside contemporary soldier-authors such as Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, George Gascoigne, and Sir Philip Sidney, and it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the relationship between literature and the military in the early modern period. Churchyard's writings drew heavily upon his own experiences at court and in the wars and the author never tired of drawing attention to the struggles he endured throughout his life. Consequently, this study addresses the wider methodological question of how we should construct the biography of an individual who was consistently preoccupied with telling his own story.
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Includes both books and articles.
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Includes both books and articles.
Studies in Philology
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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'The Furie of the Ordnance'
Author: Stephen Bull
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1843834030
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Shows how new developments in guns and artillery played a decisive role in the English Civil War.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1843834030
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Shows how new developments in guns and artillery played a decisive role in the English Civil War.
War and politics in the Elizabethan counties
Author: Neil Younger
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526130831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
War and politics in the Elizabethan counties reassesses the national war effort during the wars against Spain (1585–1603). Drawing on a mass of hitherto neglected sources, it finds a political system in much better health than has been thought, revising many existing assumptions about the weaknesses of the state in the face of military change. It examines politics and government from the court and privy council to the counties and parishes, assessing the central regime as well as the local machinery of lord lieutenancies which provided troops to fight Elizabeth’s wars and ran the militia which defended against Spanish invasion attempts. The problems of government are assessed in a wide-ranging set of contexts, addressing popular attitudes to the war, government propaganda, local resistance and the problems of governing a country divided in religion. In this way the book covers much more than the war alone, providing a new assessment of the effectiveness of the whole Elizabethan state.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526130831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
War and politics in the Elizabethan counties reassesses the national war effort during the wars against Spain (1585–1603). Drawing on a mass of hitherto neglected sources, it finds a political system in much better health than has been thought, revising many existing assumptions about the weaknesses of the state in the face of military change. It examines politics and government from the court and privy council to the counties and parishes, assessing the central regime as well as the local machinery of lord lieutenancies which provided troops to fight Elizabeth’s wars and ran the militia which defended against Spanish invasion attempts. The problems of government are assessed in a wide-ranging set of contexts, addressing popular attitudes to the war, government propaganda, local resistance and the problems of governing a country divided in religion. In this way the book covers much more than the war alone, providing a new assessment of the effectiveness of the whole Elizabethan state.
Official Year-book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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The Church Quarterly Review
Author:
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Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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