Sixteenth-century English: Tudor prose, Reformation instruction, demonology, travel, drama, and balladry in a rapidly changing language.
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Ballads and Popular Song — Tudor ballads and popular songs, where older legendary matter meets early modern print, performance, and political memory. (8)
Devotion and Instruction — Sixteenth-century devotional and instructional prose, from spiritual practice to education, archery, and disciplined conduct. (3)
Literary Prose and Drama — Tudor literary prose and drama, including courtly authorship, jest, picaresque travel, and the Faust legend in English print. (5)
Travel and Discovery — Sixteenth-century English travel and discovery writing, where exploration, ambition, and empire begin to reshape English prose. (1)
Witchcraft and Demonology — Tudor and early Stuart witchcraft writing, including demonology, skepticism, trial news, spirits, and the printed debate over unseen powers. (7)