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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814454703321

Autore

Muller Aislinn

Titolo

The excommunication of Elizabeth I : faith, politics, and resistance in post-Reformation England, 1570-1603 / / Aislinn Muller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Brill, , 2020

ISBN

90-04-42600-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

St Andrews studies in Reformation history

Disciplina

900

Soggetti

Religion and politics - Great Britain

Religion and international relations - Great Britain

Excommunication - Catholic Church

Counter-Reformation - Great Britain

Great Britain Church history 16th century

Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603

Great Britain Politics and government 1558-1603

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Note on the Text -- Introduction -- 1. The Excommunication of Elizabeth I in International Politics -- 2. Transmitting the Excommunication of Elizabeth I -- 3. Spreading the Word? Regnans in Excelsis in Protestant Discourse -- 4. The Excommunication in Foreign and Domestic Policy -- 5. Political Engagement, Subversion, and Resistance in England and Ireland -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Excommunication of Elizabeth I, Aislinn Muller examines the excommunication and deposition of Queen Elizabeth I of England by the Roman Catholic Church, and its political afterlife during her reign. Muller shows that Elizabeth’s excommunication was a crucial turning point for both Catholics and Protestants, one that irrevocably changed attitudes towards the queen, widened political participation and resistance, and posed a destabilising threat to her regime. The Excommunication of Elizabeth I demonstrates how this event exacerbated religious tensions in England’s foreign and domestic politics, and how Elizabeth’s conflict with the papacy shaped the



development of anti-Catholicism in post-Reformation England.