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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154644403321

Titolo

Doubtful and dangerous : the question of succession in late Elizabethan England

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-78170-788-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain Doubtful and dangerous

Disciplina

942.1

Soggetti

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

Great Britain

Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603

England Civilization 16th century

Great Britain Kings and rulers Succession History 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This title examines the pivotal influence of the succession question on the politics, religion and culture of the post-Armada years of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Although the earlier Elizabethan succession controversy has long captured the interest of historians and literary scholars, the later period has suffered from relative obscurity. This book remedies this situation. Taking a thematic and interdisciplinary approach, individual chapters demonstrate that key late Elizabethan texts - literary, political and polemical - cannot be understood without reference to the succession.