Preface ; Introduction: Changing Places in Renaissance Literature ; Chapter One: 'How harmful be the errors of princes': English Travellers in Europe, 1545-1620 ; Chapter Two: 'What is the Matter with you Christian Men?': English Colonial Literature, 1555-1625 ; Chapter Three: 'The perfect glass of state': English Fiction from William Baldwin to John Brady, 1553-1625 ; Chapter Four: 'All my travels history': Reading the Locations of Renaissance Plays ; Afterword ; Bibliography ; Index

`Review from previous edition Hadfield's . . . scholarly and informed book . . . is an enterprising examination of the intricacies of political comment in Tudor and Stuart times, and he is adept in teasing out the significance of cautious multi-layered narrative. ' Times Literary Supplement `an ambitious and nuanced treatment . . . In his rewarding book Hadfield shows us just how "multiple" the intellectual and political "contexts" for early modern travel were and consistently juxtaposes those contexts with travel accounts in a way that brings their importance home. . . . Hadfield is especially good at sketching in the intellectual background that these travellers brought with them and in bringing out the republican overtones of their accounts.' Sixteenth Century Journal `This important and timely book brings a new expansiveness and sophistication to its field.' Shakespeare Quarterly `The ideas raised . . . are both interesting and challenging - and not infrequently radical in their questioning of received thinking. . . . an especially important contribution to the interpretation of Renaissance travel writing and concepts of place . . . Hadfield's sheer range of primary references provides a secure foundation for his empirical investigations.' Notes and Queries `Hadfield's study is important both for the special focus he brings to this area and for the breadth of its research. . . . both forceful and productive . . . Hadfield effectively calls for us to reconsider some texts, writers and genres to which we have not devoted sufficient critical attention.' Sixteenth Century Journal

A wide-ranging and innovative study of English Renaissance travel writing Explores representations of Europe, the Americas, Africa, and the Far East Uses postcolonial and other contemporary literary critical approaches to understand Renaissance travel and colonialism

A wide-ranging and innovative study of English Renaissance travel writing Explores representations of Europe, the Americas, Africa, and the Far East Uses postcolonial and other contemporary literary critical approaches to understand Renaissance travel and colonialism