Elizabethan Culture and Ideas
Nine programmes about the attitudes and beliefs of the Elizabethans
3: History and Historians
Wtiat was the Elizabethan attitude to the past?
DENYS HAY , Professor of Medieval History in the University of Edinburgh, discusses the themes and the development of Elizabethan historical literature
With readings from contemporary sources by GARY WATSON and JOHN Glen
Produced by Howard Smith t Broadcast on January 28