Queenship and Political Discourse in the Elizabethan Realms

Informationen zum Autor Natalie Mears is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Durham. She has published in the Historical Journal and History. Klappentext An important re-evaluation of Elizabethan politics and Elizabeth's queenship in sixteenth-century England! Wales and Ireland. Zusammenfassung This book re-evaluates Elizabethan politics and Elizabeth's queenship in late sixteenth-century England! Wales and Ireland. Natalie Mears shows the active role that Elizabeth played in policy-making! challenges current perceptions of political debate both within and outside the court! and re-evaluates how historians have and should conceptualize the 'public sphere'. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Elizabethan court politics and the public sphere; 2. Elizabeth I and the politics of intimacy; 3. Gender and consultation; 4. News and political debate at the Elizabethan court; 5. The circulation of news in the Elizabethan realms; 6. The Elizabethan public sphere; 7. Perceptions of Elizabeth and her queenship in public discourse; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Natalie Mears, Natalie (University of Durham) Mears, Mears Natalie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521093132
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09313-2
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History; Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Women, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Gender studies: women and girls, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599