1989

The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 4, Seventeenth-Century Britain

Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting The Seventeenth Century  Joseph Rykwert[rtoc] The Tudor inheritance Defences and navigation Renaissance Universities and the new learning The arts in Britain between Elizabeth and James Kings, Church and Parliament The King and parliament The King and the Church Britain and Europe Senates, academies and the promise of harmony …

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The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 3, Sixteenth-Century Britain

Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting Renaissance and Reformation  Dominic Baker-Smith[rtoc] The tradition of rhetoric The domestication of humanism New directions in education Courts and courtiers Patronage and the arts Thomas Cromwell and reform Reformation and the arts Protestant humanism The image of Elizabeth The native Renaissance Wales and the preservation of the language …

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Scottish Liturgy

The Liturgy 1970 Scottish Liturgy 1982 Propers: Sundays and Holy Days Propers: Saint Days Communion of the Sick

The Real Wagner

Acknowledgements List of illustrations Foreword by Wolfgang Wagner Chronology Principal Characters Introduction: The Real Wagner Prodigious Apprentice Wedded Wife and Magic Muse Eros Credit is Due The Pure Fool? Wagner’s Cosima Wagner in England and Almost in America Bounteous Protector and Beloved Friend The Bayreuth Miracle Envoi Sources and Abbreviations Index