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No period in British history has more resonance and mystery

today than the sixteenth century. New Worlds, Lost Worlds

brings the atmosphere and events of this great epoch to life.

Exploring the underlying religious motivations for the savage

violence and turbulence of the period-from Henry VIII's break with

Rome to the overwhelming threat of the Spanish Armada-Susan Brigden

investigates the actions and influences of such near-mythical

figures as Elizabeth I, Thomas More, Bloody Mary, and Sir Walter

Raleigh. Authoritative and accessible, New Worlds, Lost

Worlds, the latest in the Penguin History of Britain series,

provides a superb introduction to one of the most important,

compelling, and intriguing periods in the history of the Western

world.

This is a splendid piece of scholarship that engages the

reader's imagination; Brigden's (history, Lincoln Coll., Oxford)

extensive research has paid off in spades. While readers may find

themselves running to the OED to check words and concepts long

forgotten, the chase is worth it. The title hints at the lost

worlds of this dramatic era in Britain, beginning with the early

years of Henry VII and carrying forward through the fascinating

dynastic and religious struggles of Henry VIII; Mary, Queen of

Scots; and Elizabeth I. The book covers not only England but

Ireland, Scotland, and Wales as well, and scholars of this period

will come away with refreshing insights into this remarkable

period. General readers will be equally delighted because the

writing is so fluid and accessible. The chapter on social life and

customs, "Family and Friends," could stand alone as a single book

on Tudor times. Highly recommended for all academic and larger

public libraries. Gail Benjafield, St. Catharines P.L., Ont.

Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text

refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this

title.

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Susan Brigden, Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Lincoln

College, Oxford, is the author of London and the

Reformation.

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In many respects, the 16th is surely the most appealing of

English centuries--an age of extraordinary vitality, when the

intolerance that wrecked France was suppressed (almost everywhere

but in Ireland) by pragmatic Elizabethan moderation. Susan

Brigden's new work is the fifth entry in the nine-volume Penguin

History of Britain, a series that features a number of leading

lights (Kishlansky, Colley, Cannadine, etc.), and it provides a

spirited introduction to this fertile period. Political and

religious themes predominate, as befits a student of the late Sir

Geoffrey Elton, but the author avoids the brilliant turgidity of

her former teacher. Operating within the series' standard

conceptual framework (dynastic change shaping the structure, right

up until the fall of Mrs. Thatcher), Brigden writes with mature and

engaging sobriety. She is fully conscious of the oppressive

potential of English government, "whose superiority was "evident

only to the English," and gives substantial attention to the

disasters that befell the Irish. Indeed, her claim to speak "more

of kings, and queens, than cabbages" is a little self-deprecating.

The plight of the poor, prone to disease and catastrophic famine,

is rarely far from the surface; astonishingly, we learn that

one-third of the population of Norwich died during a plague

epidemic in 1579. Equal attention is paid to popular religion to

the lost world of English Catholicism, witch crazes and mystery

plays and to family life and friendship. This is a well-balanced if

fairly traditional history and will make for an ideal textbook when

it appears in paper.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition

of this title.

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"A fine survey of the Tudor century. Brigden aims to tell the

story "to those who don''t know it already," and she succeeds

brilliantly. She''s very strong on politics and religion, but also

has fascinating discursions of the intellectual life, from More''s

Utopia

to Marlowe''s

Faustus

."

—

David

Underdown, Yale University

"Susan Brigden has done a brilliant job of giving us a fresh

approach to the Tudor period. Although accessible to students, it

will also interest established scholars."

—

Stanford

Lehmberg, University of Minnesota, Emeritus

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No period in British history has more resonance and mystery today than the sixteenth century. New Worlds, Lost Worlds brings the atmosphere and events of this great epoch to life. Exploring the underlying religious motivations for the savage violence and turbulence of the period-from Henry VIII's break with Rome to the overwhelming threat of the Spanish Armada-Susan Brigden investigates the actions and influences of such near-mythical figures as Elizabeth I, Thomas More, Bloody Mary, and Sir Walter Raleigh. Authoritative and accessible, New Worlds, Lost Worlds , the latest in the Penguin History of Britain series, provides a superb introduction to one of the most important, compelling, and intriguing periods in the history of the Western world.