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Historical Society And County Record Publications From The United Kingdom: A Finding Guide, Rebecca A. Stuhr, Sarah Wipperman
Historical Society And County Record Publications From The United Kingdom: A Finding Guide, Rebecca A. Stuhr, Sarah Wipperman
Sarah Wipperman
The attached excel sheet is intended to be used as a finding aid for county records series and the publications of various historical societies in the United Kingdom. This document was created to support the work of Professor Margo Todd, her students, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of History. The information provided in this document is based on series holdings in the University of Pennsylvania libraries, primarily Van Pelt‐Dietrich, as well as those held in storage at LIBRA. It is designed to give a quick reference to these holdings, where they are located, and which geographic region they cover. …
Mary Tudor And The Politics Of Gender, Melissa E. Procton
Mary Tudor And The Politics Of Gender, Melissa E. Procton
Honors Theses
Gender played a distinct role in Mary Tudor’s accession and reign as England’s first sole female monarch from 1553-1558. In order to understand how a female heir was molded for queenship and ultimately went forth to lead a nation, this study examines the following aspects of Mary Tudor’s life: her early education, Tudor political culture, affinity connections formed during her brother Edward VI’s reign, political training for queenship, and the fundamental issue of gender verses religion for Protestants during her reign. This thesis aims to examine how gender shaped Mary Tudor’s political training and ultimate role as England’s monarch. Along …
Seventeenth-Century Perceptions Of The Henrician Reformation In Print Culture, Clare W. Smith
Seventeenth-Century Perceptions Of The Henrician Reformation In Print Culture, Clare W. Smith
Student Honors Theses
In 1533, Henry VIII’s desire for a male heir led to a break with Rome, and the establishment of a Church of England. The changes in the 1630s, not merely replacing the pope with the English monarch as head of the Church, but also distributing the Bible in English of the Monasteries, became known as the Henrician Reformation. Henry calmed down the pace of reform during the last phase of his reign from 1539. Many of the evangelicals he had once supported were now being persecuted, and the Church of England was returning to many Catholic practices. Yet, Henry had …