Ralph Houlbrooke
Biographic Data
| ID | 582617 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralph Houlbrooke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralph |
| FAMILY NAME | Houlbrooke |
| SIGNATURE | HOULBROOKE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 52 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 52 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Wedding Sermons in Early Modern England
This article draws on wedding sermons published in England between the 1580s and the 1740s. The main interest of these sermons lies in the ways in which doctrine based on the scriptural texts, especially those cited in the Form of Solemnization of Matrimony, was refracted through the prism of the various concerns and priorities of preaching clergy. Their exposition of marriage duties was often enriched by personal experience. Yet the number of we…
Restoration of Deprived Clergy during the 1559 Royal Visitation of the Eastern Dioceses
It is well known that many of the English clergy took advantage of the statutory authorization of clerical marriage under Edward VI, but then suffered deprivation when that authorization was rescinded in Mary's reign. Less familiar are the proceedings that enabled incumbents who had lost their livings as a penalty for marriage to recover them after Elizabeth I's accession. This article focuses on a neglected source, an act book kept during the ro…
Carnal Knowledge: Regulating Sex in England, 1470–1600
Over 45 years of research have made Martin Ingram the foremost authority on the regulation of sexual activity in early modern England. His first book, Church Courts, Sex and Marriage in England, 15
Devising, Dying and Dispute: Probate Litigation in Early Modern England
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The Spanish Match: Prince Charles's Journey to Madrid, 1623 – Edited by Alexander Samson
A Companion to the Reformation World
This volume belongs to the steadily lengthening series of Blackwell's Companions to History. Professor Po-chia Hsia, well known as the author of many books and articles on the Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and the history of anti-Semitism, assembled a team of twenty-eight scholars from Europe, America and Asia to join him in writing contributions to this volume. As he explains, ‘Several are retired senior scholars; others are still on the fir…
The Accession of James I: Historical and Cultural Consequences
A momentous event in the history of Britain, James Stewart's accession to the English throne in 1603, resulted in fewer major changes in the short term than many, including the King himself, either hoped for or feared. This volume, devoted to the consequences of his accession, brings together contributions by seven specialists in literature, four historians, and a professor of law. Three essays are written from a Scottish vantage point, nine from…
Life, love and death in north-east Lancashire, 1510 to 1537: A translation of the act book of the Ecclesiastical Court of Whalley - Edited by Margaret Lynch, Nigel Tringham, and John Swain
Godly Reformers and their Opponents in Early Modern England: Religion in Norwich, c.1560-1643
NORWICH is widely believed to have been foremost among English provincial cities in its embrace of Protestant Reformation. Matthew Reynolds cites Patrick Collinson's eloquent depiction of a city ‘“saturated with Calvinist preaching”, a “self-contained East Anglian Geneva”, a shining example of the close union between magistracy and ministry, which municipal authorities everywhere aspired to foster in Elizabethan England’. The challenges to this g…
The Reformation
Royal Grief in England, 1485–1640
This essay explores recorded responses to bereavements within the Tudor and early Stuart royal families. It recognizes that customs and conventional expectations may to a large extent have concealed, or distorted the representation of, individual experiences. Thus kings customarily passed their sorrows in seclusion after the death of a spouse. (Monarchs occasionally sought to exercise this privilege more informally and less successfully when favo…
Family Life in Early Modern Times, 1500-1789
1University of Reading Family Life in Early Modern Times, 1500–1789 David I. Kertzer Marzio Barbagli New Haven/London Yale U.P. 2001 xxxii + 365 £ 30
Power and Politics in Tudor England
1University of Reading Power and Politics in Tudor England G. W.Bernard AldershotAshgate 2000240£45
Acts of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1543-1609. Part II: 1560-1609
1University of Reading Acts of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1543–1609. Part II: 1560–1609 C. S.Knighton WoodbridgeBoydell & Brewer, for Westminster Abbey Record Series, ii 1999xvi + 328£40
Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740
1University of Reading Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English‐Speaking World, 1580–1740 RichardGrassby CambridgeCambridge U.P. 2001xix + 505£40
Oral and Literate Culture in England, 1500-1700
1University of Reading Oral and Literate Culture in England, 1500–1700 AdamFox OxfordClarendon P. 2000497£45
England's Troubles: Seventeenth-Century English Political Instability in European Context. By Jonathan Scott
Journal Article BOOK REVIEWS Get access England's Troubles: Seventeenth-Century English Political Instability in European Context. By JONATHAN SCOTT (Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., 2000; pp. xii+546. £45; Pb. £17.95). R. A. HOULBROOKE R. A. HOULBROOKE University of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXVI, Issue 468, September 2001, Pages 909–910, https://doi.org/10.10…
Death, Religion, and the Family in England, 1480–1750
The interest and importance of the social history of death have been increasingly recognized during the last thirty years. This book examines the effects of religious change on the English ‘way of death’ between 1480 and 1750. It discusses relatively neglected aspects of the subject, such as the deathbed, will making, and the last rites. It also examines the rich variety of commemorative media and practices and describes the development of the En…
Last Rites and the Craft of Dying
This chapter discusses last rites and dying. During the later Middle Ages, the last moments of life were believed to be crucially important. Each person's eternal fate, salvation or damnation, was settled when the soul left the body. The normal expectation was that eternal judgement would be passed on the individual immediately after death. The establishment of purgatory made plausible a very widely shared expectation of salvation, but the possib…
Shorter notice. Parish Communities and Religious Conflict in the Vale of Gloucester, 1590-1690. DC Beaver
Journal Article Shorter notice. Parish Communities and Religious Conflict in the Vale of Gloucester, 1590-1690. DC Beaver Get access RA Houlbrooke RA Houlbrooke University of Reading, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 115, Issue 462, June 2000, Pages 721–722, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/115.462.721 Published: 01 June 2000
Classics Revisited Death, history and sociology: Stannard's Puritan way of death
Lawrence stone
The Flight of Icarus. Artisan Autobiography in Early Modern Europe James S. Amelang
Received
Shorter Notices
Journal Article SHORTER NOTICES Get access R. A. HOULBROOKE R. A. HOULBROOKE University of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXII, Issue 448, September 1997, Pages 989-a–989, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXII.448.989-a Published: 01 September 1997
Public' and 'private' in the funerals of the later Stuart gentry: Some Somerset examples
This article focuses on some especially well-documented funerals of Somerset gentry which took place between 1662 and 1714, and in particular on that of Colonel Edward Phelips of Montacute (1680). His funeral is described in an exceptionally-detailed personal narrative-cum-expenditure account, probably by his son William. This document is possibly unique in its combination of meticulous itemization of expenditure with detailed narration of the fu…
Family Life in Early Modern Times, 1500-1789
1University of Reading Family Life in Early Modern Times, 1500–1789 David I. Kertzer Marzio Barbagli New Haven/London Yale U.P. 2001 xxxii + 365 £ 30
Oral and Literate Culture in England, 1500-1700
1University of Reading Oral and Literate Culture in England, 1500–1700 AdamFox OxfordClarendon P. 2000497£45
The Accession of James I: Historical and Cultural Consequences
A momentous event in the history of Britain, James Stewart's accession to the English throne in 1603, resulted in fewer major changes in the short term than many, including the King himself, either hoped for or feared. This volume, devoted to the consequences of his accession, brings together contributions by seven specialists in literature, four historians, and a professor of law. Three essays are written from a Scottish vantage point, nine from…
Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740
1University of Reading Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English‐Speaking World, 1580–1740 RichardGrassby CambridgeCambridge U.P. 2001xix + 505£40
Church Courts and the People During the English Reformation, 1520-1570
Mid-Tudor Polity
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Church Courts and the People during the English Reformation 1520-1570
Church Courts and the People during the English Reformation 1520–1570 Get access Houlbrooke Ralph, Church Courts and the People during the English Reformation 1520–1570. Oxford. Oxford University Press, 1979. xii, 304 pp. $29.00. Michael M. Sheehan Michael M. Sheehan Senior Fellow Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 25…
Short Notices
Short Notices Get access R. A. HOULBROOKE R. A. HOULBROOKE University of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCIX, Issue CCCXCIII, October 1984, Pages 850–851, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCIX.CCCXCIII.850 Published: 01 October 1984
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access R. A. HOULBROOKE R. A. HOULBROOKE University Of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume C, Issue CCCXCIV, January 1985, Pages 178–179, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/C.CCCXCIV.178 Published: 01 January 1985
The Making of Marriage in Mid-Tudor England: Evidence From the Records of Matrimonial Contract Litigation
Analysis of a large sample of mid-Tudor suits to enforce matrimonial contracts suggests that during that period marriage plans in the middling ranks of society were usually initiated by the couples themselves, even though their even tual realisation often depended on the cooperation of parents and other "friends." Such freedom is not surprising: many of the litigants had left home or lost at least one parent, and some of them had already been wid…
The English Family, 1450-1700
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Journal Article Shorter Notices Get access R. A. HOULBROOKE R. A. HOULBROOKE University of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CI, Issue CCCCI, October 1986, Pages 993-b–995, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CI.CCCCI.993-b Published: 01 October 1986
Women's social life and common action in England from the fifteenth century to the eve of the civil war
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Famille et propriete dans la Royaume de Naples, XVe-XIXe Siecle
Sybil Wolfram, In-laws and outlaws: Kinship and marriage in England (London and Sydney, Croom Helm, 1987). Pages 253. £25.00 SybilWolfram, In-laws and outlaws: kinship and marriage in England (London …
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Shorter Notices Get access R. A. HOULBROOKE R. A. HOULBROOKE University of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIV, Issue 413, October 1989, Pages 1025–1026, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIV.413.1025 Published: 01 October 1989
English Family Life, 1576-1716
Short notices
Urs Bitterli, Cultures in Conflict: Encounters Between European and Non‐European Cultures, 1492–1800, translated by Ritchie Robertson (1989), 215 (Polity Press, Oxford, £25.00). Alice T. Friedman, House and Household in Elizabethan England: Wollaton Hall and the Willoughby Family (1989), xvi + 227 (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, £24.95). David Morse, England's Time of Crisis from Shakespeare to Milton. A Cultural History (1989). vii + ‐391…
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Journal Article Shorter Notices Get access R. A. HOULBROOKE R. A. HOULBROOKE University of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CV, Issue CCCCXVII, October 1990, Pages 1045–1046, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CV.CCCCXVII.1045 Published: 01 October 1990
Roman Canon Law in Reformation England
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Shorter Notices R. A. HOULBROOKE R. A. HOULBROOKE University of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CVII, Issue CCCCXXIV, July 1992, Pages 713–714, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CVII.CCCCXXIV.713 Published: 01 July 1992
Marcus Tullius Ciceroes Thre Bokes of Duties, to Marcus His Sonne, Turned Oute of Latine into English, by Nicolas Grimalde
This edition of Grimalde's translation of the revered ethical treatise De officiis include comprehensive introductory material, a glossary, a bibliography, and commentary that focuses on elements of the translator's approach, techniques, and effectiveness.
The Widening Gate: Bristol and the Atlantic Economy 1450-1700
From the Preface: Bristol is the city that John Cabot sailed from and Thomas Chatterton dreamed, that Hugh Latimer preached to and Oliver Cromwell seized, that entertained Parliaments in the Middle Ages and rioted for Reform in the nineteenth century. Since the Norman Conquest, it has always had an important place in English history, experiencing events and contributing to developments that stirred the nation. What follows is an account of its co…
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Journal Article SHORTER NOTICES Get access R. A. HOULBROOKE R. A. HOULBROOKE University of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIX, Issue 432, June 1994, Pages 722–723, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIX.432.722 Published: 01 June 1994
Public life and the propertied Englishman, 1689–1698
Henry VIII's wills: A comment
Professor Ives has demonstrated the weakness of some of the grounds for thinking that Henry VIII's will was tampered with after 30 December 1546. But he has not mentioned Paget's later testimony suggesting that the ‘unfulfilled gifts clause’ was inserted in the will after 12 January 1547. Even if it was part of the will by 30 December, the gifts implemented by its authority resulted from later skilful and ruthless manipulation of the king. Henry'…
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SHORTER NOTICES Get access R. A. HOULBROOKE R. A. HOULBROOKE University of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CX, Issue 437, July 1995, Page 749, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CX.437.749 Published: 01 July 1995
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SHORTER NOTICES Get access R. A. HOULBROOKE R. A. HOULBROOKE University of Reading Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CX, Issue 435, February 1995, Page 272, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CX.435.272-a Published: 01 February 1995
Public' and 'private' in the funerals of the later Stuart gentry: Some Somerset examples
This article focuses on some especially well-documented funerals of Somerset gentry which took place between 1662 and 1714, and in particular on that of Colonel Edward Phelips of Montacute (1680). His funeral is described in an exceptionally-detailed personal narrative-cum-expenditure account, probably by his son William. This document is possibly unique in its combination of meticulous itemization of expenditure with detailed narration of the fu…
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