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The Elizabethan World
Series: Routledge Worlds
This comprehensive and beautifully illustrated collection of essays conveys a vivid picture of a fascinating and hugely significant period in history. Featuring contributions from thirty-eight international scholars, the book takes a thematic approach to a period which saw the defeat of the Spanish...
Published September 27th 2010 by Routledge
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Princes, Pastors and People
The Church and Religion in England, 1500–1689, 2nd Edition
Princes, Pastors and People traces the many changes in religious life that took place in the turbulent years of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries. It is designed to make accessible to readers much of the most recent research, and to guide them through the major historical controversies of...
Published December 11th 2002 by Routledge
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Princes, Pastors and People
The Church and Religion in England 1529-1689
A thematic approach to the most recent research and controversies of the period. Charts the long-term developments across the period in key areas such as doctrinal and liturgical change, the role of the clergy and the importance of religion....
Published March 10th 2002 by Routledge
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Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy, 1558-1603
Series: Lancaster Pamphlets
At her accession in 1558 Elizabeth I inherited a troublesome legacy with a long history of wars against France and Scotland. This international situation was becoming a huge financial burden on the English crown and economy.Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy describes and assesses England's foreign...
Published February 9th 2000 by Routledge
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Monarchy and Matrimony
The Courtships of Elizabeth I
Monarchy and Matrimony is the first comprehensive study of Elizabeth I's courtships. Susan Doran argues that the cult of the `Virgin Queen' was invented by her ministers, and that Elizabeth was forced into celibacy by political necessity. Doran's detailed examination of the different suits is based...
Published December 20th 1995 by Routledge
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Elizabeth I and Religion 1558-1603
Series: Lancaster Pamphlets
Susan Doran describes and analyses the process of the Elizabethan Reformation, placing it in an English and a European context. She examines the religious views and policies of the Queen, the making of the 1559 settlement and the resulting reforms. The changing beliefs of the English people are...
Published November 17th 1993 by Routledge