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- The Oxford Handbook of the Age of Shakespeare
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction: Reflections on Interdisciplinary Frontiers
- William Cecil Lord Burghley and the Management of Elizabeth’s England
- The Earl of Essex
- Robert Cecil and the Transition from Elizabeth to James I
- James I and the Consolidation of British Monarchy?
- War, Soldiers, and High Politics under Elizabeth I
- Shakespeare, the Irish, and Military Culture
- Catholicism and Tyranny in Shakespeare’s Warwickshire
- Ancient Liberties, Royal Honour, and the Politics of Commonweal in English Forests, 1558–1625
- Poets, Patronage, and the Prince’s Court
- The Theatre and the ‘Post-Reformation Public Sphere’
- Rhetorical Training in the Elizabethan Grammar School
- English Vernacular Historical Writing and Holinshed’s <i>Chronicles</i>
- European Historiography in English Political Culture
- Roman History, Essex, and Late Elizabethan Political Culture
- Other Republicanisms
- The Gordian Knot of Policy: Statecraft and the Prudent Prince
- Seneca and English Political Culture
- David Hume, Richard Verstegan, and the Battle for Britain
- The Politics of Race in England, Scotland, and Ireland
- English Catholics and the Continent
- The Bible in English Culture: The Age of Shakespeare
- Religious Nonconformity and the Quality of Mercy: The Merchant of Venice in Reformation Context
- Protestantism and the Devil
- The Affective Life in Shakespearean England
- Chivalry and the English Gentleman
- Elizabethan Verse Libel
- Gender, Writing Technologies, and Early Modern Epistolary Communications
- The Shamings of Falstaff
- Cuckold’s Haven: Gender and Inversion in Popular Culture
- ‘Murder’s Crimson Badge’: Homicide in the Age of Shakespeare
- Thinking with Poison
- Criminal London: Fear and Danger in Shakespeare’s City
- Families and Households in Early Modern London, <i>c.</i>1550–1640
- Theatre, Church, and Neighbourhood in the Early Modern Blackfriars
- The Cultural Geography of St Paul’s Precinct
- Art and Architecture in Provincial England
- Garden Design and Experience in Shakespeare’s England
- Art Collecting and Patronage in Shakespeare’s England
- Graphic Satire and the Printed Image in Shakespeare’s London
- Music and the Stage in the Time of Shakespeare
- Bibliography
- Index
(p. xxv) Abbreviations and Conventions
(p. xxv) Abbreviations and Conventions
Unless otherwise indicated all references to Shakespeare’s plays are to Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor (general eds), The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works, 2nd edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005).
APC | Acts of the Privy Council |
BL | British Library |
Bod | Bodleian Library, Oxford |
CSPD | Calendar of State Papers Domestic of the Reigns of Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth and James I, 12 vols (London: Longman, 1856–72) |
HMC | Historical Manuscripts Commission |
HMC, Salisbury | Historical Manuscripts Commission, Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Honourable the Marquess of Salisbury, Preserved at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, 24 vols (London: HMSO, 1883–1971) |
HMSO | Her (His) Majesty’s Stationery Office |
N&Q | Notes and Queries |
ODNB | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition 2008 <http://www.oxforddnb.com>) |
SP | State Papers |
TNA | The National Archives |
- The Oxford Handbook of the Age of Shakespeare
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction: Reflections on Interdisciplinary Frontiers
- William Cecil Lord Burghley and the Management of Elizabeth’s England
- The Earl of Essex
- Robert Cecil and the Transition from Elizabeth to James I
- James I and the Consolidation of British Monarchy?
- War, Soldiers, and High Politics under Elizabeth I
- Shakespeare, the Irish, and Military Culture
- Catholicism and Tyranny in Shakespeare’s Warwickshire
- Ancient Liberties, Royal Honour, and the Politics of Commonweal in English Forests, 1558–1625
- Poets, Patronage, and the Prince’s Court
- The Theatre and the ‘Post-Reformation Public Sphere’
- Rhetorical Training in the Elizabethan Grammar School
- English Vernacular Historical Writing and Holinshed’s <i>Chronicles</i>
- European Historiography in English Political Culture
- Roman History, Essex, and Late Elizabethan Political Culture
- Other Republicanisms
- The Gordian Knot of Policy: Statecraft and the Prudent Prince
- Seneca and English Political Culture
- David Hume, Richard Verstegan, and the Battle for Britain
- The Politics of Race in England, Scotland, and Ireland
- English Catholics and the Continent
- The Bible in English Culture: The Age of Shakespeare
- Religious Nonconformity and the Quality of Mercy: The Merchant of Venice in Reformation Context
- Protestantism and the Devil
- The Affective Life in Shakespearean England
- Chivalry and the English Gentleman
- Elizabethan Verse Libel
- Gender, Writing Technologies, and Early Modern Epistolary Communications
- The Shamings of Falstaff
- Cuckold’s Haven: Gender and Inversion in Popular Culture
- ‘Murder’s Crimson Badge’: Homicide in the Age of Shakespeare
- Thinking with Poison
- Criminal London: Fear and Danger in Shakespeare’s City
- Families and Households in Early Modern London, <i>c.</i>1550–1640
- Theatre, Church, and Neighbourhood in the Early Modern Blackfriars
- The Cultural Geography of St Paul’s Precinct
- Art and Architecture in Provincial England
- Garden Design and Experience in Shakespeare’s England
- Art Collecting and Patronage in Shakespeare’s England
- Graphic Satire and the Printed Image in Shakespeare’s London
- Music and the Stage in the Time of Shakespeare
- Bibliography
- Index
