This lively and stimulating book guides students through the historical contexts, key figures, texts, themes and issues in sixteenth-- and early seventeenth--century English literature. The English Renaissance, 1500--1620 sets out the historical and cultural contexts of Renaissance England, highligh[...]

The Oxford Handbook of English Prose1500-1640 is the only current overview of early modern English prose writing. The aim of the volume is to make prose more visible as a subject and as a mode of writing. It covers a vast range of material vital for the understanding of the period: from jestbooks, n[...]

This textbook is designed to provide undergraduate students of international relations with valuable and relevant historical context. The book is organised thematically around the key issues in international relations such as war, peace, sovereignty, diplomacy, identity, revolution, political violen[...]