Book description
CONTENTS:
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE WRITING OF HISTORY IN THE EARLY RENAISSANCE
3. ARCHITECTURE, THE GRAPHIC ARTS AND MUSIC
4. THE INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN LEARNING IN ENGLAND
5. NEW MOVEMENTS: EXPLORATION, SCIENCE AND RELIGIOUS REFORMATION
6. THE RETREATING MIDDLE AGES: PROSE AND THE NEW BIBLE
7. THE CHANGING LANGUAGE: STANDARD ENGLISH AND MIDDLE SCOTS
8. JAMES III AND IV OF SCOTLAND: HENRYSON AND DUNBAR AS COMMENTATORS ON THE TIMES
9. THE POET OF THE SCOTTISH REFORMATION: LYNDSAY
10. THE POETS OF HENRY VIII’S COURT: WYATT AND SURREY
11. POETRY AND DRAMA AS A MIRROR OF HISTORY
12. CONCLUSION
