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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808962503321

Autore

Doran Susan

Titolo

Monarchy and matrimony : the courtships of Elizabeth I / / by Susan Doran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Taylor and Francis, an imprint of Routledge, , [2002]

©1995

ISBN

1-134-81189-6

1-134-81190-X

1-280-06929-5

0-203-43073-5

0-203-29340-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Disciplina

942.05/5/092

B

Soggetti

Courtship - Great Britain - History - 16th century

Monarchy - Great Britain - History - 16th century

Queens - Great Britain

Great Britain Foreign relations 1558-1603

Great Britain Foreign relations Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Notes on sources; INTRODUCTION; EARLY SUITORS; THE DUDLEY COURTSHIP; THE ARCHDUKE CHARLES MATRIMONIAL PROJECT 1563  7; HENRY DUKE OF ANJOU 1570  1; MATRIMONIAL DIPLOMACY: THE ALENON MATCH 1572  8; THE WOOING OF FRANCIS DUKE OF ANJOU 1579  81; THE UNDERLYING DEBATE; CONCLUSIONS; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

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 on extensive archival research across Europe.



Rather than focusing on Elizabeth's personality and image, she views the question within a wider political and religious context. She shows how the question of Elizabeth's marriage was divisive for England, affecting both political life and international relations, and provoking popular propaganda in the form of plays, poetry and paintings.