Being Elizabethan

Understanding Shakespeare's Neighbors

Nonfiction, History, Renaissance
Cover of the book Being Elizabethan by Norman Jones, Wiley
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Norman Jones ISBN: 9781119168263
Publisher: Wiley Publication: March 20, 2019
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Language: English
Author: Norman Jones
ISBN: 9781119168263
Publisher: Wiley
Publication: March 20, 2019
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English

Captures the worldviews, concerns, joys, and experiences of people living through the cultural changes in the second half of the sixteenth century and the early seventeenth century, Shakespeare’s age.

Elizabethans lived through a time of cultural collapse and rejuvenation as the impacts of globalization, the religious Reformation, economic and scientific revolutions, wars, and religious dissent forced them to reformulate their ideas of God, nation, society and self. This well-written, accessible book depicting how Elizabethans perceived reality and acted on their perceptions illustrates Elizabethan life, offering readers well-told stories about the Elizabethan people and the world around them. It defines the older ideas of pre-Elizabethan culture and shows how they were shattered and replaced by a new culture based on the emergence of individual conscience. The book posits that post-Reformation English culture, emphasizing the internalization of religious certainties, embraced skepticism in ways that valued individualism over older communal values.

Being Elizabethan portrays how people’s lives were shaped and changed by the tension between a received belief in divine stability and new, destabilizing, ideas about physical and metaphysical truth. It begins with a chapter that examines how idealized virtues in a divinely governed universe were encapsulated in funeral sermons and epitaphs, exploring how they perceived the Divine Order. Other chapters discuss Elizabethan social stations, community, economics, self-expression, and more.

  • Illustrates how early modern culture was born by exposing readers to events, artistic expressions, and personal experiences
  • Provides an understanding of Elizabethan people by summarizing momentous events with which they grew up
  • Appeals to students, scholars, and laymen interested in history and literature of the Elizabethan era
  • Shows how a new cultural era, the age of Shakespeare, grew from collapsing late Medieval worldviews.

Being Elizabethan is a captivating read for anyone interested in early modern English culture and society. It is an excellent source of information for those studying Tudor and early Stuart history and/or literature.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Captures the worldviews, concerns, joys, and experiences of people living through the cultural changes in the second half of the sixteenth century and the early seventeenth century, Shakespeare’s age.

Elizabethans lived through a time of cultural collapse and rejuvenation as the impacts of globalization, the religious Reformation, economic and scientific revolutions, wars, and religious dissent forced them to reformulate their ideas of God, nation, society and self. This well-written, accessible book depicting how Elizabethans perceived reality and acted on their perceptions illustrates Elizabethan life, offering readers well-told stories about the Elizabethan people and the world around them. It defines the older ideas of pre-Elizabethan culture and shows how they were shattered and replaced by a new culture based on the emergence of individual conscience. The book posits that post-Reformation English culture, emphasizing the internalization of religious certainties, embraced skepticism in ways that valued individualism over older communal values.

Being Elizabethan portrays how people’s lives were shaped and changed by the tension between a received belief in divine stability and new, destabilizing, ideas about physical and metaphysical truth. It begins with a chapter that examines how idealized virtues in a divinely governed universe were encapsulated in funeral sermons and epitaphs, exploring how they perceived the Divine Order. Other chapters discuss Elizabethan social stations, community, economics, self-expression, and more.

Being Elizabethan is a captivating read for anyone interested in early modern English culture and society. It is an excellent source of information for those studying Tudor and early Stuart history and/or literature.

More books from Wiley

Cover of the book Handbook of Improving Performance in the Workplace, Measurement and Evaluation by Norman Jones
Cover of the book Carbon-Based Metal-Free Catalysts, 2 Volumes by Norman Jones
Cover of the book Unternehmen managen mit Drucker, Bezos, Kotler & Co. by Norman Jones
Cover of the book A Trader's Money Management System by Norman Jones
Cover of the book Pathway to Prosperity by Norman Jones
Cover of the book Field Effect Transistors, A Comprehensive Overview by Norman Jones
Cover of the book Practical Guide to the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract by Norman Jones
Cover of the book Reading the European Novel to 1900 by Norman Jones
Cover of the book Microwaves Photonic Links by Norman Jones
Cover of the book Solutions Manual to Accompany Geometry of Convex Sets by Norman Jones
Cover of the book Handbook of Heterogenous Kinetics by Norman Jones
Cover of the book Sea Ice by Norman Jones
Cover of the book Search Engine Optimization All-in-One For Dummies by Norman Jones
Cover of the book Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision-Making by Norman Jones
Cover of the book Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way by Norman Jones
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy