Ashgate Research Companion to the Sidneys 1500-1700

Few families have contributed as much to English history and literature-indeed to the arts generally-as the Sidney family. This two-volume Ashgate Research Companion assesses the current state of scholarship on family members and their impact as historical and literary figures in the period 1500-1700. Volume 1: Lives begins with an overview of the Sidneys and politics providing some links to court events entertainments literature and patronage. The volume gives biographies to prominent high-profile Sidney women and men as well as sections assessing the influence of the family in the areas of the English court international politics patronage religion public entertainment the visual arts and music. The focus of the second volume is the literary contributions of Sir Philip Sidney; Mary Sidney Herbert Countess of Pembroke; Lady Mary Wroth; Robert Sidney Earl of Leicester; and William Herbert Earl of Pembroke.