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      Innovation, Biography and Cultural Creativity in Tudor England, c.1450–1560

      Six Renaissance Men and Women

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      Six Renaissance Men and Women book

      Innovation, Biography and Cultural Creativity in Tudor England, c.1450–1560
      ByElisabeth Salter
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2007
      eBook Published 22 December 2017
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351149082
      Pages 176
      eBook ISBN 9781351149082
      Subjects Humanities
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      Salter, E. (2007). Six Renaissance Men and Women: Innovation, Biography and Cultural Creativity in Tudor England, c.1450–1560 (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351149082

      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 innovative 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. The six men and women are all figures from the margins of the royal courts during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII: Gilbert Banaster, present at the court of Henry VII in the guise of writer and musician; The Anonymous Witness, spectator to the marriage of Prince Arthur and Katherine of Aragon; William Cornish, playwright and musician at Henry VIII's household; Elizabeth Philip, silk trader to the royal court; Dame Katherine Styles, whose biography is recreated through her will; and William Buckley, Educator and Schoolmaster to King Edward VI. Salter presents an exemplary 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.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|4 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 2|25 pages

      Critical Introduction

      chapter 3|32 pages

      Gilbert Banaster

      chapter 4|16 pages

      Elizabeth Philip

      chapter 5|18 pages

      The Anonymous Witness

      chapter 6|21 pages

      William Cornysh

      chapter 7|13 pages

      Katherine Styles

      chapter 8|23 pages

      William Buckley

      chapter 9|7 pages

      Conclusion

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