CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. INTRODUCTION v
3. CONTENTS xi
4. I. THE MEDIAEVAL PERIOD 700–1500 1
5. II. THE RENAISSANCE 1500–1600 33
6. III. ECCLESIASTICAL BIOGRAPHY 64
7. IV. IZAAK WALTON 91
8. V. INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY 121
9. VI. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 175
10. VII. A CRITICAL SURVEY 217
11. BIBLIOGRAPHY 287
12. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ENGLISH BIOGRAPHIES BEFORE 1700 373
13. INDEX 381