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AShortHistoryofEarlyModernEnglandpresentsthehistoricalandculturalinformationnecessaryforaricherunderstandingofEnglishRenaissanceliterature.WritteninaclearandaccessiblestyleforanundergraduatelevelaudienceGivesanoverviewoftheperiod’shistoryaswellasanunderstandingofthehistoriographicissuesExploreskeyhistoricalandliteraryevents,fromtheWarsoftheRosestothepublicationofJohnMilton’sParadiseRegainedFeaturesindepthexplanationsofkeytermsandconcepts,suchasabsolutismandtheElizabethanSettlement