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    The best books on The Reformation, recommended by Peter Marshall

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    The best books on The Reformation - Christianity In The West 1400-1700 by John Bossy

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    Christianity In The West 1400-1700
    by John Bossy

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    The best books on The Reformation - Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe by Brad Gregory

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    Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe
    by Brad Gregory

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    The best books on The Reformation - Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet by Lyndal Roper

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    Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet
    by Lyndal Roper

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    The best books on The Reformation - The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village by Eamon Duffy

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    The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village
    by Eamon Duffy

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    The best books on The Reformation - For The Sake Of Simple Folk: Popular Propaganda for the German Reformation by R W Scribner

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    For The Sake Of Simple Folk: Popular Propaganda for the German Reformation
    by R W Scribner

The best books on The Reformation, recommended by Peter Marshall

On October 31st 1517, Martin Luther, an unknown friar in an obscure town in eastern Germany may or may not have posted a list of complaints to the door of his local church. His actions would lead to what was later called ‘the Reformation’ — a grisly period in European history that nonetheless paved the way for a more tolerant and pluralistic society. Peter Marshall, one of the period’s leading scholars, talks us through the best books on the Reformation.

    The best books on Life in the Tudor Era, recommended by Ian Mortimer

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    The best books on Life in the Tudor Era - Before the Mast: Life and Death Aboard the Mary Rose

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    Before the Mast: Life and Death Aboard the Mary Rose

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    The best books on Life in the Tudor Era - Plenti and Grase by Mark Dawson

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    Plenti and Grase
    by Mark Dawson

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    The best books on Life in the Tudor Era - Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life by Samuel Schoenbaum

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    Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life
    by Samuel Schoenbaum

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    The best books on Life in the Tudor Era - Shogun by James Clavell

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    Shogun
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    The best books on Life in the Tudor Era - A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley

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    A Traveller in Time
    by Alison Uttley

The best books on Life in the Tudor Era, recommended by Ian Mortimer

History is not about understanding the past for the sake of it, it’s about understanding human nature, says the historian and novelist Ian Mortimer.

    The best books on Henry VII, recommended by Thomas Penn

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    The best books on Henry VII - The King’s Mother by Michael K Jones and Malcolm G Underwood

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    The King’s Mother
    by Michael K Jones and Malcolm G Underwood

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    The best books on Henry VII - Perkin by Ann Wroe

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    Perkin
    by Ann Wroe

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    The best books on Henry VII - The History of the Reign of Henry VII by Francis Bacon

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    The History of the Reign of Henry VII
    by Francis Bacon

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    The best books on Henry VII - A Daughter's Love by John Guy

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    A Daughter's Love
    by John Guy

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    The best books on Henry VII - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

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    Wolf Hall
    by Hilary Mantel

The best books on Henry VII, recommended by Thomas Penn

He was the Machiavelli of English kings – a chancer and usurper with a highly dubious claim to the throne. But Henry VII ruled for 25 years and founded a dynasty. His biographer tells us how he did it

    The best books on Elizabeth I, recommended by Helen Hackett

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    The best books on Elizabeth I - Elizabeth I by David Starkey and Susan Doran

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    Elizabeth I
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    The best books on Elizabeth I - The Faerie Queene by edited by Thomas P Roche Jr and C Patrick O’Donnell Jr & Edmund Spenser

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    The Faerie Queene
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    The best books on Elizabeth I - Translations by Elizabeth I, 1592-98 by Janel Mueller and Joshua Scodel

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    Translations by Elizabeth I, 1592-98
    by Janel Mueller and Joshua Scodel

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    The best books on Elizabeth I - Rewriting the Renaissance by Margaret W Ferguson, Maureen Quilligan and Nancy Vickers

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    Rewriting the Renaissance
    by Margaret W Ferguson, Maureen Quilligan and Nancy Vickers

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    The best books on Elizabeth I - Representing Elizabeth in Stuart England by John A Watkins

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    Representing Elizabeth in Stuart England
    by John A Watkins

The best books on Elizabeth I, recommended by Helen Hackett

University College London professor Helen Hackett selects five books on the Virgin Queen, including one by the monarch herself. “You get a sense of her independence of mind. She does her own thing”

    The best books on Art and Culture in Elizabethan England, recommended by Mark Girouard

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    The best books on Art and Culture in Elizabethan England - English Literature in the Sixteenth Century by C S Lewis

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    English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
    by C S Lewis

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    The best books on Art and Culture in Elizabethan England - Art and Decoration in Elizabethan and Jacobean England by Anthony Wells Cole

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    Art and Decoration in Elizabethan and Jacobean England
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    The best books on Art and Culture in Elizabethan England - The Embroideries at Hardwick Hall by Santina M Levey

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    The Embroideries at Hardwick Hall
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    The best books on Art and Culture in Elizabethan England - Theatre of the World by Frances A Yates

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    Theatre of the World
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    The best books on Art and Culture in Elizabethan England - Elinor Fettiplace’s Receipt book by Hilary Spurling

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    Elinor Fettiplace’s Receipt book
    by Hilary Spurling

The best books on Art and Culture in Elizabethan England, recommended by Mark Girouard

Leading architectural historian, chooses books on art and culture in the Elizabethan era. From CS Lewis on literature, to the fantastic embroideries at Hardwick Hall, to baked rabbit and more.

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