Download or read book Elizabeth I written by Laura Brennan and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-05-30 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth I is arguably one of the greatest monarchs and women of English history. Against an uncertain political and religious backdrop of post-reformation Europe she ruled at the conception of social modernization, living in the shadow of the infamy of her parents reputations and striving to prove herself an equal to the monarchs who had gone before her. This book seeks to explore some of the key events of her life both before and after she ascended to the English throne in late 1558. By looking at the history of these selected events, as well as investigating the influence of various people in her life, this book sets out to explain Elizabeth’s decisions, both as a queen and as a woman. Amongst the events examined are the death of her mother, the role and fates of her subsequent stepmothers, the fate of Lady Jane Grey and the subsequent behavior and reign of her half sister Mary Tudor, along with the death of Amy Dudley, the return of Mary Queen of Scots to Scotland, the Papal Bull and the Spanish Amanda.

Download or read book Calendar of State Papers Foreign Series of the Reign of Elizabeth written by Great Britain. Public Record Office and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Gondi written by Joanna Milstein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most striking features of French government in the second half of the sixteenth century was the influence of Italians. Notwithstanding widespread French admiration for Italian culture, Italian influence at the heart of French government aroused xenophobic antagonism amongst many in French society. This study throws light on this complex relationship by offering the first detailed examination of the Gondi, one of the most influential of the Italian families active during this period. The Gondi family played a leading part in the finance, government, church and military affairs of the nation, and were indispensable counsellors to the Queen Mother, Catherine De' Medici. They were also the targets of anti-Italian hostility, much of it deliberately stirred by rivals in the French aristocracy who felt threatened by these powerful foreigners occupying positions they believed were rightfully theirs. The book examines perceptions of the Gondi through examination of contemporary pamphlets, diaries, and ambassadors' dispatches. It investigates, among other issues, their notorious role in the plotting of the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572. Making use of many previously overlooked archival sources from France and Italy, this book charts the Gondi's rise to power and demonstrates how their deft use of patronage and financial expertise allowed them to weave the intricate web of power and obligation that protected them against native hostility. In so doing the book reveals much about government and society in late sixteenth-century France.

Download or read book Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts Relating to English Affairs written by Great Britain. Public Record Office and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Learned Queen written by L. Shenk and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-12-07 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to examine Elizabeth I as a learned princess, Learned Queen examines Elizabeth's own demonstrations of erudition alongside literary works produced by such political luminaries as Sir Philip Sidney and Robert Devereux, earl of Essex.

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Download or read book Calendar of State Papers Domestic Series of the Reign of Charles II written by Great Britain. Public Record Office and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Duke of Anjou and the Politique Struggle During the Wars of Religion written by Mack P. Holt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the Duke of Anjou's ambivalent relationship with the politique struggle.

Download or read book The Poem the Garden and the World written by Jim Ellis and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-15 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How an early modern understanding of place and movement are embedded in a performative theory of literature How is a garden like a poem? Early modern writers frequently compared the two, and as Jim Ellis shows, the metaphor gained strength with the arrival of a spectacular new art form—the Renaissance pleasure garden—which immersed visitors in a political allegory to be read by their bodies’ movements. The Poem, the Garden, and the World traces the Renaissance-era relationship of place and movement from garden to poetry to a confluence of both. Starting with the Earl of Leicester’s pleasure garden for Queen Elizabeth’s 1575 progress visit, Ellis explores the political function of the entertainment landscape that plunged visitors into a fully realized golden world—a mythical new form to represent the nation. Next, he turns to one of that garden’s visitors: Philip Sidney, who would later contend that literature’s golden worlds work to move us as we move through them, reorienting readers toward a belief in English empire. This idea would later be illustrated by Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queen; as with the pleasure garden, both characters and readers are refashioned as they traverse the poem’s dreamlike space. Exploring the artistic creations of three of the era’s major figures, Ellis argues for a performative understanding of literature, in which readers are transformed as they navigate poetic worlds.

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Download or read book The English Catalogue of Books annual written by Sampson Low and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.

Download or read book Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office Henry IV 4 v written by Great Britain. Public Record Office and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Calendar of Letters Despatches and State Papers Relating to the Negotiations Between England and Spain Preserved in the Archives at Simancas and Elsewhere Henry VIII 1509 1546 12 v written by Gustave Adolph Bergenroth and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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