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1. 1. The Ashgate Research Companion To Popular Culture In Early Modern England

   

   This comprehensive volume delves into the vibrant tapestry of popular culture in early modern England, exploring the diverse and dynamic ways in which ordinary people engaged with and influenced the cultural landscape of the time. Through a series of essays, it examines the interplay between popular and elite cultures, shedding light on how folklore, festivals, music, and literature reflected and shaped societal norms and values. The book offers a nuanced understanding of how cultural practices were both a reflection of and a response to the political, social, and economic changes of the period, providing a rich and detailed portrait of everyday life in early modern England.

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2. 2. Amazons, Savages, And Machiavels

   

   A critical study of how English Renaissance literature and travel narratives shaped and were shaped by the era’s encounters with foreign peoples and new political ideas. Through analyses of chronicles, plays, and poems from the mid-sixteenth to early seventeenth centuries, it traces how figures like the Amazon, the “savage,” and the Machiavel articulated anxieties about gender, civility, and authority while helping forge national and imperial identities. It argues that contact with newly imagined worlds and realist political thought reframed domestic debates about ethics, governance, and conquest.