| Preface |
| Introduction |
| Beowulf |
| Cædmon (d. c. 680) |
| Saint Aldhelm (640?–709) |
| Saint Bede the Venerable (673–735) |
| Ecclesiastical History |
| Cynewulf |
| Alcuin (735–804) |
| Joannes Scotus Erigena (c. 810–c. 877) |
| Alfred the Great (849–899) |
| Asser (d. c. 910) |
| Saint Dunstan (909–988) |
| Ælfric (c. 955–c. 1020) |
| Lanfranc (1005?–1089) |
| Saint Anselm (c. 1033–1109) |
| Eadmer (c. 1060–c. 1124) |
| William of Malmesbury (c. 1090–c. 1143) |
| Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1100–c. 1154) |
| Saxon Chronicle (45–1154) |
| Henry of Huntingdon (1084?–1155) |
| John of Salisbury (c. 1115–1180) |
| Wace (c. 1110–c. 1175) |
| Walter Map (d. c. 1208/9) |
| Roger of Hoveden (d. c. 1201) |
| Layamon (Twelfth/Thirteenth Century) |
| Giraldus Cambrensis (1146?–1223?) |
| Michael Scot (c. 1175–c. 1234) |
| Richard Poore (d. 1237) |
| Ormin (fl. 1200?) |
| Alexander of Hales (c. 1185–1245) |
| Robert Grosseteste (1175?–1253) |
| Matthew Paris (1200–1259) |
| Nicholas of Guildford (fl. 1250) |
| Roger Bacon (1214?–1294) |
| Robert of Gloucester (fl. 1260–1300) |
| Thomas the Rhymer (Thirteenth Century) |
| John Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308) |
| Robert Mannyng of Brunne (fl. 1288–1338) |
| Richard de Bury (1287–1345) |
| William of Ockham (c. 1285–c. 1349) |
| Richard Rolle of Hampole (1290?–1349) |
| Laurence Minot (1300?–1352?) |
| Sir John Mandeville (Fourteenth Century) |
| John Wycliffe (c. 1324–1384) |
| Translation of the Bible |
| John Barbour (c. 1320–1395) |
| William Langland (1332?–1400?) |
| Vision of Piers Plowman |
| Piers Plowman Creed, 1394? |
| Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| Romaunt of the Rose, 1360–65? |
| Book of the Dutchess, 1369–70? |
| The Complaint of Mars, 1380? |
| Translation of Boethius, 1380–83? |
| Parliament of Foules, 1382? |
| Troilus and Cresside, 1380–83? |
| The Hous of Fame, 1883–84 |
| Legende of Good Women, 1384–85 |
| A Treatise on the Astrolabe, 1391 |
| Canterbury Tales, 1387?–1393? |
| Rejected Poems |
| Testament of Love, c. 1387 |
| The Cuckoo and the Nightingale |
| The Flower and the Leaf, c. 1450 |
| Court of Love, c. 1500 |
| General |
| John Gower (1325?–1408) |
| Confessio Amantis, 1386? |
| Andrew of Wyntoun (?1350–?1420) |
| James I. of Scotland (1394–1437) |
| The King’s Quair, 1423? |
| Christ’s Kirk (?) |
| John Lydgate (c. 1370–c. 1451) |
| Thomas Hoccleve (1370?–1450?) |
| Reginald Pecock (c. 1395–1460) |
| Juliana Berners (b. 1388?) |
| John Capgrave (1393–1464) |
| John Hardyng (1378–1465?) |
| Sir John Fortescue (c. 1394–1476) |
| Sir Thomas Littleton (c. 1407–1481) |
| William Caxton (c. 1415–1491) |
| Henry the Minstrel (fl. 1470–1492) |
| Sir Thomas Malory (d. c. 1470) |
| Robert Fabyan (d. 1513) |
| Robert Henryson (1430?–1506?) |
| John Colet (1467?–1519) |
| Gawain Douglas (c. 1474–1522) |
| Stephen Hawes (d. 1523) |
| John Skelton (1460?–1529) |
| William Dunbar (1460?–1520?) |
| Sir John Bourchier, Lord Berners (c. 1467–1533) |
| Froissart’s Chronicles |
| John Fisher (c. 1469–1535) |
| Sir Thomas More (1478–1535) |
| Utopia |
| Epigrammata |
| Controversial Writings |
| Life of Richard III. |
| Hector Boece (1465?–1536) |
| William Tyndale (c. 1490–1536) |
| Bible |
| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542) |
| Sir Thomas Elyot (c. 1490–1546) |
| Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547) |
| The Æneid |
| Edward Hall (c. 1498–1547) |
| Thomas Sternhold (d. 1549) |
| John Leland (c. 1506–1552) |
| Alexander Barclay (1475?–1552) |
| Nicholas Ridley (c. 1500–1555) |
| Hugh Latimer (c. 1485–1555) |
| Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556) |
| David Lyndsay (c. 1490–c. 1555) |
| Thomas, Lord Vaux (1509–1556) |
| Sir John Cheke (1514–1557) |
| Nicholas Udall (1505–1556) |
| Ralph Roister Doister |
| Reginald Pole (1500–1558) |
| George Cavendish (c. 1500–1561) |
| Life of Wolsey |
| Nicholas Grimald (1519–1562) |
| Arthur Broke (d. 1563) |
| Romeus and Juliet |
| John Bale (1495–1563) |
| King John |
| Richard Edwards (c. 1523–1566) |
| Roger Ascham (1515–1568) |
| Toxophilus, 1545 |
| Scholemaster, 1570 |
| Myles Coverdale (c. 1488–1569) |
| John Jewel (1522–1571) |
| John Knox (c. 1505–1572) |
| History of the Reformation |
| Matthew Parker (1504–1575) |
| John Heywood (c. 1497–c. 1580) |
| The Spider and the Fly |
| George Gascoigne (d. 1577) |
| Thomas Tusser (c. 1515–1580) |
| Good Husbandry, 1573 |
| Raphael Holinshed (c. 1515–1573) |
| Chronicle |
| Thomas Wilson (c. 1526–1581) |
| George Buchanan (1506–1582) |
| De Jure Regni, 1579 |
| History of Scotland, 1582 |
| Poems |
| Thomas Norton (1532–1584) |
| Alexander Scott (1525?–1584?) |
| Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) |
| Arcadia |
| Astrophel and Stella |
| An Apologie for Poetrie |
| Sir Richard Maitland (1496–1586) |
| George Whetstone (1544?–1587?) |
| John Foxe (1516–1587) |
| Acts and Monuments of the Church |
| Thomas Watson (1555–1592) |
| Robert Greene (1558–1592) |
| Romances |
| Dramas |
| Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) |
| Tamburlaine, 1590 |
| Edward II., 1594 |
| Faustus, 1601 |
| Jew of Malta |
| Dido |
| Hero and Leander, 1598 |
| General |
| Thomas Kyd (1558–1594) |
| The Spanish Tragedy, 1594 |
| Robert Southwell (c. 1561–1595) |
| St. Peter’s Complaint |
| George Peele (1556–1596) |
| Arraignment of Paris, 1584 |
| Edward I., 1593 |
| David and Bethsabe, 1598 |
| Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) |
| The Shepherds Calendar, 1579 |
| The Faery Queen, 1590–96 |
| Amoretti, 1595 |
| Epithalamion, 1595 |
| Colin Clouts Come Home Again, 1595 |
| Hymns of Love and Beauty, 1596 |
| Mother Hubbard’s Tale |
| A View of the State of Ireland, 1596 |
| Miscellaneous Works |
| Britain’s Ida |
| General |
| George Puttenham (1529–1590) |
| Richard Hooker (1554–1600) |
| Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) |
| Thomas Cartwright (1535–1603) |
| Thomas Churchyard (c. 1520–1604) |
| John Stow (1525?–1605) |
| John Lyly (1555?–1606) |
| Euphues |
| Dramas |
| Sir Edward Dyer (1543–1607) |
| Henry Chettle (c. 1564–c. 1607) |
| John Still (1543?–1608) |
| Gammer Gurton’s Needle |
| Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1536–1608) |
| Mirror for Magistrates, 1559–63 |
| Gorboduc; Or Ferrex and Porrex, 1565 |
| William Warner (1558?–1609) |
| George Turberville (1540?–1610?) |
| Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| Sir John Harrington (1561–1612) |
| Sir Thomas Overbury (1581–1613) |
| Henry Constable (1562–1613) |
| Richard Hakluyt (c. 1553–1616) |
| William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| Venus and Adonis, 1585–7–1598 |
| The Rape of Lucrece, 1594 |
| A Lover’s Complaint |
| Sonnets, 1592–1602–09 |
| The Passionate Pilgrim |
| The Phœnix and the Turtle, 1601 |
| Titus Andronicus (?) 1588–1600 |
| Love’s Labour’s Lost, 1588–1598 |
| The Comedy of Errors, 1589–1623 |
| A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, 1590–1600 |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1590–92 |
| Romeo and Juliet, 1591–93 |
| The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, 1593 |
| The Tragedy of King Richard the Third, 1594 |
| First Part of King Henry the Sixth, 1590–92 |
| The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, 1594–95 |
| The Third Part of King Henry the Sixth, 1594–95 |
| The Life and Death of King John, 1595 |
| The Merchant of Venice, 1596–98 |
| The Taming of the Shrew, 1596–97 |
| The First Part of King Henry the Fourth, 1596–97 |
| The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth, 1597–98 |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1598–99 |
| The Life of King Henry the Fifth, 1599 |
| Much Ado about Nothing, 1599 |
| As You Like It, 1600 |
| Twelfth-Night; or, What You Will, 1601 |
| All’s Well that Ends Well, 1601–02 |
| Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, 1602–03 |
| Measure for Measure, 1603 |
| Julius Cæsar, 1601–03 |
| Othello, the Moor of Venice, 1604 |
| Macbeth, 1605–06 |
| King Lear, 1605–06 |
| Troilus and Cressida, 1606–07 |
| Antony and Cleopatra, 1606–07 |
| Coriolanus, 1607–08 |
| Timon of Athens, 1607–08 |
| Pericles, Prince of Tyre, 1608 |
| Two Noble Kinsmen, 1609 |
| The Tempest, 1610 |
| Cymbeline, 1610–12 |
| The Winter’s Tale, 1611 |
| The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth, 1613 |
| Rejected Plays: Arden of Feversham, Sir John Oldcastle, Cromwell, Yorkshire Tragedy |
| Authorship Controversy |
| General |
| Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625) |
| Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) |
| John Napier (1550–1617) |
| Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?–1618) |
| Poems |
| History of the World, 1614 |
| Joshua Sylvester (1563–1618) |
| Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) |
| Delia, 1592 |
| The Complaint of Rosamond, 1592 |
| The Civile Wars, 1595–1623 |
| Defence of Rhyme, 1602–07 |
| History of England, 1612–17 |
| John Barclay (1582–1621) |
| Sir Henry Savile (1549–1622) |
| William Camden (1551–1623) |
| Giles Fletcher (1586?–1623) |
| Thomas Lodge (1558–1625) |
| Rosalynde, 1590 |
| John Fletcher (1579–1625) |
| The Faithful Shepherdess, 1609 |
| Sir John Davies (1570–1626) |
| Nosce Teipsum, 1599 |
| Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626) |
| Francis Bacon (1561–1626) |
| Essays, 1597–1625 |
| Advancement of Learning, 1605 |
| Novum Organum, 1620 |
| History of Henry VII., 1622 |
| Philosophy |
| General |
| John Webster (c. 1580–1634) |
| The White Devil, 1612 |
| Dutchesse of Malfy, 1623 |
| The Devil’s Law-Case, 1632 |
| Appius and Virginia, 1654 |
| Nicholas Breton (1545–1626) |
| Sir John Beaumont (1583–1627) |
| Thomas Middleton (1580–1627) |
| A Game of Chess, 1624 |
| The Changeling |
| Women beware Women |
| A Fair Quarrell |
| The Witch |
| Cyril Tourneur (1575?–1626) |
| Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (1554–1628) |
| Samuel Purchas (1577?–1626) |
| John Speed (1552?–1629) |
| Gabriel Harvey (c. 1545–1630) |
| Captain John Smith (1580–1631) |
| Michael Drayton (1563–1631) |
| Idea, 1593 |
| Barons’ Wars, 1596–1603 |
| England’s Heroical Epistles, 1597 |
| Poly-olbion, 1612–22 |
| Battle of Agincourt, 1627 |
| Nymphidia |
| Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (1571–1631) |
| John Donne (1572–1631) |
| Sermons |
| George Herbert (1593–1633) |
| The Temple, 1633 |
| George Abbot (1562–1633) |
| Anthony Munday (1553–1633) |
| George Chapman (1559?–1634) |
| Hero and Leander, 1598 |
| Translation of Homer, 1598–1616 |
| John Marston (1575?–1634) |
| The Malcontent, 1604 |
| Sir Edward Coke (1552–1634) |
| Edward Fairfax (d. 1635) |
| Richard Corbet (1582–1635) |
| Thomas Randolph (1605–1635) |
| Ben Jonson (1572–1637) |
| Every Man in His Humour, 1597–98 |
| Every Man Out of His Humour, 1599 |
| Cynthia’s Revels, 1600 |
| The Poetaster, 1601 |
| Sejanus, 1603 |
| Volpone, or The Fox, 1605–06 |
| Epicœne, or The Silent Woman, 1610 |
| The Alchemist, 1610 |
| Catiline, 1611 |
| Bartholomew Fair, 1614 |
| The Sad Shepherd, 1637 |
| General |
| Sir Robert Ayton (1570–1638) |
|
|
