Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World

John A. Wagner has taught courses in British and Tudor history at Arizona State University and in American and early modern European history at Phoenix College. He is the author of The Devon Gentleman: A Life of Sir Peter Carew (1998) and a contributor to the forthcoming Historical Dictionary of Later Medieval England. Wagner holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh and an MA and a PhD from Arizona State University.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChronologyMapsHistorical Dictionary of the Elizabethan WorldAppendix 1. GenealogiesAppendix 2. Elizabethan Archbishops of Canterbury and York and Roman Catholic PopesAppendix 3. European Monarchs in the Sixteenth CenturyAppendix 4. Selected Historical Fiction with Tudor and Elizabethan Characters and SettingsAppendix 5. Selected Motion Pictures with Tudor and Elizabethan Characters and SettingsAppendix 6.Selected Sound Recordings of Tudor and Elizabethan MusicAppendix 7. Selected Web Sites for Tudor andElizabethan TopicsBibliographyIndex

Readers will find not only all the standard entries, but also more obscure information. . . . The general bibliography and index are extensive . . . valuable acquisition for all libraries with collections in early modern history. . . . [R]ecommended for all levels.