The Description of England: The Classic Contemporary Account of Tudor Social Life by William Harrison

4.67 AVERAGE

dinahsanders's review

One of the larger, more detailed views into Elizabethan England. Edelan’s preface provides welcome clarity on the various edits and modernizations made to the text. Harrison himself was a servant—household chaplain to Lord Cobham—but his views should not be thought of as representing the common man; as noted in E. D. Pendry’s review of the book and evidenced by the many classical references, Harrison was a very learned man and eager to demonstrate it.