A body politic to govern : the political humanism of Elizabeth I /: the political humanism of Elizabeth I. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Ted Booth.
• Other Names: (Historian), Booth, Ted
• Contents: TABLE OF CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Italian and English Humanism; Gender and the Body Politic; Sources and methods; CHAPTER ONE -- THE HUMANISM OF THE YOUNG ELIZABETH; Introduction; Elizabeth's Juvenilia under Henry VIII; Elizabeth's works under Edward VI; A Switch of Language; Later writings under Edward VI; Elizabeth's works under Mary I; Conclusion; CHAPTER TWO -- ELIZABETH'S EARLY YEARS AS QUEEN (1558-1572); Introduction; Elizabeth I and sixteenth-century rhetoric; Elizabeth's humanist influences; The early days of Elizabeth's government. Marriage and the successionElizabeth as scholar and patroness of learning; Elizabeth as supreme governor of religion; Mary Stewart and the Northern Rebellion of 1569; Conclusion; CHAPTER THREE -- ELIZABETH'S MIDDLE YEARS AS QUEEN (1573-1587); Introduction; Marriage and the succession; Religious reforms; Foreign affairs; The case of Mary Stewart; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR -- ELIZABETH'S LATER YEARS AS QUEEN (1588-1603); Introduction; The Spanish and the 1588 Armada; Henri IV of France; The Earl of Essex and Ireland; A political humanist prince until the end; Conclusion; CONCLUSION. The Influence of political humanism after ElizabethFinal thoughts; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 208 pages)
• Subjects: 942.05/5092; European history; Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Influence; HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); British & Irish history; Biography: historical, political & military; Electronic books; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443866385; 1443866385; 1322097356; 9781322097350
• Related ISBNs: 1443844098; 9781443844093
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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