John Stow (1525-1605) and the making of the English past : studies in early modern culture and the history of the book

The scholar and antiquarian John Stow (1525–1605) is a figure of crucial importance to our understanding of medieval and early modern English history, literature, and culture. His Survey of London , a rich account of metropolitan topography and tradition, is still an invaluable resource for scholars of the early modern city, and his Chronicles of English history paved the way for the famous historical projects of Raphael Holinshed and William Camden, and shaped the historical consciousness of early modern dramatists and poets such as Shakespeare and Samuel Daniel. We also owe some of the most important copies of major medieval texts to Stow’s endeavours as an obsessive ‘serchar of antiquities’ of ‘divinite ... and poetry.’ This volume collects together wide-ranging and exciting new essays on Stow. Its contributors consider the feuds and friendships at the heart of the Tudor historiographical project, the construction of a political and religious culture, and a topographical history, for Elizabethan London, the early modern invention of the medieval past, and the manuscript and printed books written and collected by this industrious and important ‘maker’ of English history. The Scholar And Antiquarian John Stow (1525-1605) Is A Figure Of Crucial Importance To Our Understanding Of Medieval And Early Modern English History, Literature, And Culture. His Survey Of London, An Account Of Metropolitan Topography And Tradition, Is Still An Invaluable Resource For Scholars Of The Early Modern City. His Chronicles Of English History Paved The Way For The Famous Historical Projects Of Raphael Holinshed And William Camden, And Shaped The Historical Consciousness Of Early Modern Dramatists And Poets Such As Shakespeare And Samuel Daniel. This Volume Collects Together Wide-ranging New Essays On Stow. Its Contributors Consider The Feuds And Friendships At The Heart Of The Tudor Historiographical Project, The Construction Of A Political And Religious Culture, And The Topographical History, For Elizabethan London, The Early Modern Invention Of The Medieval Past, And The Manuscript And Printed Books Written And Collected By This Industrious And Important 'maker' Of English History.--book Jacket. Foreword / Patrick Collinson -- Introduction / Alexandra Gillespie -- John Stow, Citizen And Historian / Ian W. Archer -- Stow And The Contemporary Antiquarian Network / Oliver Harris -- 'for His Paynes' : John Stow And The Stationers / Ian Gadd And Meraud Grant Ferguson -- Stow, Grafton, And Fifteenth-century Historiography / Alfred Hiatt -- Stow's 'owlde' Manuscripts Of London Chronicles / Alexandra Gillespie -- Stow's Medievalism And Antique Judaism In Early Modern London / Anthony Bale -- Overseeing And Overlooking : John Stow And The Surveying Of The City / Andre Gordon -- Stow's Survey And The London Playwrights / Angela Stock -- Succeeding Stow : Anthony Munday And The 1618 Survey Of London / Helen Moore -- John Stow And Middle English Literature / A.s.g. Edwards -- John Stow And Thomas Speght As Editors Of Chaucer : A Question Of Class / Derek Pearsall -- Text And Authority : John Stow's 1568 Edition Of Skelton's Workes / Jane Griffiths -- Stow's Books Bequeathed : Some Notes On William Browne (1591-c.1643) And Peter Le Neve (1661-1729) / Martha W. Driver -- In Search Of Stow's Chaucer / Joseph A. Dane -- Afterword : Stow's Remains / Katherine Duncan-jones. Edited By Ian Gadd And Alexandra Gillespie. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 165-181). CONTENTS 7 INTRODUCTION 17 JOHN STOW, CITIZEN AND HISTORIAN 29 STOW AND THE CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUARIAN NETWORK 43 'FOR HIS PAYNES': JOHN STOW AND THE STATIONERS 53 STOW, GRAFTON, AND FIFTEENTH-CENTURY HISTORIOGRAPHY* 61 STOW'S 'OWLDE' MANUSCRIPTS OF LONDON CHRONICLES 73 STOW'S MEDIEVALISM AND ANTIQUE JUDAISM IN EARLY MODERN LONDON* 85 OVERSEEING AND OVERLOOKING 97 STOW'S SURVEY AND THE LONDON PLAYWRIGHTS 105 SUCCEEDING STOW ANTHONY MUNDAY AND THE 1618 SURVEY OF LONDON 115 JOHN STOW AND MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE 125 JOHN STOW AND THOMAS SPEGHT AS EDITORS OF CHAUCER 135 TEXT AND AUTHORITY JOHN STOW'S 1568 EDITION OF SKELTON'S WORKES 143 STOW'S BOOKS BEQUEATHED 151 IN SEARCH OF STOW'S CHAUCER 161 AFTERWORD 173 BIBLIOGRAPHY 181 MANUSCRIPT INDEX 199 GENERAL INDEX 201