This England - Essays on the English Nation and Commonwealth in the Sixteenth Century

Informationen zum Autor Patrick Collinson is Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College Klappentext A celebration of Englishness in the sixteenth century. Appeals equally to students of early modern history and its literary culture, presenting a view of 'Tudor England' and offering a firmer historical background to evaluating the English Renaissance. Zusammenfassung A celebration of Englishness in the sixteenth century. Appeals equally to students of early modern history and its literary culture! presenting a view of 'Tudor England' and offering a firmer historical background to evaluating the English Renaissance. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. This England: Race, nation, patriotism1. The politics of religion and the religion of politics in Elizabethan England2. The Elizabethan exclusion crisis and the Elizabethan polity3. Servants and citizens: Robert Beale and other Elizabethans4. Pulling the strings: religion and politics in the progress of 15785. Elizabeth I and the verdicts of history6. Biblical rhetoric: the English nation and national sentiment in the prophetic mode7. John Foxe and national consciousness8. Truth, lies, and fiction in sixteenth-century protestant historiography9. One of Us? William Camden and the making of history 10. William Camden and the anti-myth of Elizabeth: Setting the mould?11. John Stow and nostalgic antiquarianismIndex

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Collinson
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2013
• EAN: 9780719090257
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9025-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain; Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; England, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Commonwealth of Nations, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, The Commonwealth