Tudor Historiography

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Elizabeth M. Sturgeon (Mount Saint Mary's University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

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Date of occurrence 1485-1603

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United Kingdom (Location)

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Historiography

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Tudor historiography consists of a wide variety of writings about the English past, spanning from 1485 to 1603, a tumultuous period in which three kings and three queens reigned: Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Jane I, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. This body of writings is heterogeneous and complex: from medieval manuscripts, to massive chronicle histories, to ephemeral ballads, broadsides, and play scripts. While Tudor historiography has generally been perceived as conservative in nature, oriented towards upholding the monarchy and court by justifying the Tudor line (Howard and Rackin), recent scholarship is revising this assessment by uncovering the contestatory voices of the monarch, magistrate, citizen, and commoner who created global, national, and local histories which were a…

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Citation: Sturgeon, Elizabeth M.. "Tudor Historiography". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 December 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5764, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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