Doubtful and dangerous: The question of succession in late Elizabethan England - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 071908606X ISBN 13: 9780719086069

Casa editrice: Manchester Univ Pr, 2014

Riassunto

Doubtful and dangerous examines the pivotal influence of the succession question on the politics, religion and culture of the post-Armada years of Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Although the earlier Elizabethan succession controversy has long commanded scholarly attention, the later period has suffered from relative obscurity. This book remedies the situation. Taking a thematic and interdisciplinary approach, individual essays demonstrate that key late Elizabethan texts – literary, political and polemical – cannot be understood without reference to the succession. The essays also reveal how the issue affected court politics, lay at the heart of religious disputes, stimulated constitutional innovation, and shaped foreign relations. By situating the topic within its historiographical and chronological contexts, the editors offer a novel account of the whole reign.

Interdisciplinary in scope and spanning the crucial transition from the Tudors to the Stuarts, the book will be indispensable to scholars and students of early modern British and Irish history, literature and religion.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Susan Doran is a Senior Research Fellow in History at Jesus College, Oxford

Paulina Kewes is a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Jesus College, Oxford

Susan Doran is a Senior Research Fellow in History at Jesus College, Oxford

Paulina Kewes is a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Jesus College, Oxford

Susan Doran is a Senior Research Fellow in History at Jesus College, Oxford

Paulina Kewes is a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Jesus College, Oxford

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Doubtful and dangerous examines the pivotal influence of the succession question on the politics, religion and culture of the post-Armada years of Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Although the earlier Elizabethan succession controversy has long captured the interest of historians and literary scholars, the later period has suffered from relative obscurity. Our book remedies this situation. Taking a thematic and interdisciplinary approach, individual essays demonstrate that key late Elizabethan texts – literary, political and polemical – cannot be understood without reference to the succession. The essays also reveal how the issue affected court politics, lay at the heart of religious disputes (notably the Archpriest controversy), stimulated constitutional innovation, and shaped archipelagic and continental relationships. By situating the topic within its historiographical and chronological contexts, the editors offer a revised account of the whole reign, challenging many established interpretations.

The book brings together scholars from the fields of literature and history working in England and the US. Most are distinguished academics, such as Patrick Collinson whose last work is published here; others are younger scholars who are already making their mark on early modern studies.

Interdisciplinary in scope and spanning the crucial transition from the Tudors to the Stuarts, the book will be indispensable to scholars and students of early modern British and Irish history, literature, religion, and culture.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Manchester Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 071908606X
• ISBN 13: 9780719086069
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Redattore: Doran Susan, Kewes Paulina
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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