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• This Wiki currently boasts 1,018 articles - and counting.
• Keep up to date with the lists of Recent Changes and All Articles.
• Inspiration for writers:
  • Use any of the red links (provided below or in existing texts) to start new articles.
  • Completing an article listed in the Category:Expansion counts as a valid contribution to the 3 CP assignment.
• Minimum requirements for articles that are part of the 3 CP assignment:
  • New entry/topic (no double entries under a new title)
  • Substantial contribution (commonsense applies)
  • Use and documentation of two independent and reliable sources. No plagiarism.
  • A bibliography according to the Academic Style Sheet of the English Department
• For full details, please visit our Blackboard course where you will also find our Discussion Board for further help and troubleshooting. You can also contact us via e-mail.

An invitation to contribute

• This Wiki is for everybody. Even if you don't have to write an article, you can still help, for example by correcting typos or by connecting articles through links. Click here for more information on how to do that.
• Since this is a scientific project, there are some ground rules (as outlined above), but these should not deter you from experimenting with the wiki system and enjoying writing for an audience.The neat thing is: you gain both in writing (by boiling down a topic to its important elements) and in reading, as this wiki is well on the way to being an encyclopaedia of British history and culture, which you can use in this and future cultural studies classes.

Using the Wiki

• In the menu on the left, use the search box to find a specific article, or click on "Random page" to read a surprise article.
• Wiki articles are cross-linked; thus you can choose one article as an entry point and explore your topic by moving through the pages.
• The "What links here" feature in the toolbox on the left allows you to see a list of the articles that link to the page you're currently reading, helping you to put information in context.
• "Recent changes" will allow you to keep track of all modifications and new articles.

Contexts and Concepts		Renaissance	Microcosm	Humours	One-sex model	Primogeniture	Catholicism	Protestantism
England, 1485-1649: Tudors and Early Stuarts		Henry VII	Henry VIII	Edward VI	Mary I	Elizabeth I	James I	Charles I
Six Wives and a Husband		Catherine of Aragon	Anne Boleyn	Jane Seymour	Anne of Cleves	Catherine Howard	Catherine Parr	Philip II
Religious Politics, Political Religion		Reformation	Act in Restraint of Appeals	Act of Supremacy	Act of Uniformity	Church of England	Book of Common Prayer	Puritanism
Instability, Threats and Treason		Lady Jane Grey	Wyatt's Rebellion	Ridolfi Plot	Babington Plot	Mary, Queen of Scots	Spanish Armada	Gunpowder Plot
Chancellors, Courtiers, Counsellors		Thomas Wolsey	Thomas More	Thomas Cromwell	Thomas Cranmer	Walter Raleigh	Francis Drake	Francis Walsingham