Filming and Performing Renaissance History

CHRISTIE CARSON Senior Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK KATE CHEDGZOY Professor of Renaissance Literature at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK JEROME DE GROOT Senior Lecturer in Renaissance Literature and Culture at the University of Manchester, UK MICHAEL DOBSON Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK ANDREW HIGSON Professor of Film Studies at the University of York, UK JOHN O'BRIEN Professor of French Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK JESA'S TRONCH PAeREZ Associate Professor of English at the University of Valencia, Spain MARTIN PROCH ZKA Professor of English, American and Comparative Literature at Charles University, Prague JAMES SHARPE Professor of History at the University of York, UK CONOR SMYTH Ph.D. candidate Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland RAMONA WRAY Senior Lecturer in Renaissance Literature at Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Over the last century, many 16th- and 17th-century events and personalities have been brought before home, cinema, exhibition, festival and theatrical audiences. This collection examines these representations, looking at recent television series, documentaries, pageantry, theatre and popular culture in various cultural and linguistic guises.Over the last century, many 16th- and 17th-century events and personalities have been brought before home, cinema, exhibition, festival and theatrical audiences. This collection examines these representations, looking at recent television series, documentaries, pageantry, theatre and popular culture in various cultural and linguistic guises.