Title: Six Renaissance men and women : innovation, biography and cultural creativity in Tudor England, c.1450-1560 /
Authors: Salter, Elisabeth, 1972-
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Great Britain History Biography.; England Civilization; Great Britain Court and courtiers Biography.; Great Britain Biography.
Abstract: "The English Renaissance is frequently defined in the context of the Elizabethans and early-Stuarts, but here we focus on the early Renaissance, and the important cultural transitions of the late-medieval/early-Tudor period. In this study, Elisabeth Salter reconstructs the lives and experiences of six men and women of the early Renaissance and leads us on a quest to reconstruct their lost cultural worlds." "Salter presents a model of how it is possible to reconstruct biography from sometimes fragmentary sources. The connections drawn between these six individuals display ample evidence for the cultural innovation and sophistication of these courts in terms of pageantry, music, the visual arts, fashions in luxury consumption, scientific discovery and literary invention. When all six lives are added together as a whole, the book will lead the reader to a richer understanding of the cultural context of the early English Renaissance."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Gilbert Banaster -- Elizabeth Philip -- The anonymous witness -- William Cornysh -- Katherine Styles -- William Buckley.