04466oam 22009014a 450 991082112150332120240418130444.01-78499-625-41-78499-687-410.7765/9781784996871(CKB)3710000000493224(EBL)4083644(SSID)ssj0001587408(PQKBManifestationID)16271338(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001587408(PQKBWorkID)14870065(PQKB)10159895(MiAaPQ)EBC4083644(OCoLC)980762768(MdBmJHUP)muse59557(DE-B1597)660113(DE-B1597)9781784996871(EXLCZ)99371000000049322420160329d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExploring Russia in the Elizabethan commonwealth The Muscovy Company and Giles Fletcher, the elder (1546–1611) /Felicity Jane Stout1st ed.Manchester :Manchester University Press,2015.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2017©2015.1 online resource (xiii, 251 pages) illustrationsPolitics, culture and society in early modern BritainDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-9700-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-243) and index.An adventuring commonwealth: English mercantile and diplomatic encounters with Russia, 1553-88 -- A commonwealths-man in Russia: Giles Fletcher's early career and embassies -- Creating a feigned commonwealth: Fletcher's response to Russia -- A corrupted commonwealth: Fletcher's representation of Russia -- A commonwealth counseled: Russia's resonances in late Elizabethan England -- A controversial commonwealth: censorship, poetry and Fletcher's late career -- Conclusion. Thinking with Russia, writing English commonwealth.Exploring Russia in the Elizabethan Commonwealth tells the story of English relations with Russia, from the 'strange and wonderfull discoverie' of the land and Elizabeth I's correspondence with Ivan the Terrible, to the corruption of the Muscovy Company and the Elizabethan regime's censorship of politically sensitive representations of Russia. Focusing on the life and works of Giles Fletcher, the elder, ambassador to Russia in 1588, this work explores two popular themes in Elizabethan history: exploration, travel and trade and late Elizabethan political culture. By analysing the pervasive languages of commonwealth, corruption and tyranny found in both the Muscovy Company accounts and in Fletcher's writings on Russia, this monograph explores how Russia was a useful tool for Elizabethans to think with when they contemplated the nature of government and the changing face of monarchy in the late Elizabethan regime. It will appeal to academics and students of Elizabethan political culture and literary studies, as well as those of early modern travel and trade.Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain.Diplomatic relationsfast(OCoLC)fst01907412RussiafastGreat BritainfastRussiaHistory1533-1613RussiaForeign relationsGreat BritainGreat BritainForeign relationsRussiaHistory.Christendom.Elizabethan regime.English mercantile contact.Giles Fletcher.Muscovy Company.Russia.ad hoc embassies.anti-popery.censorship.colonization.commonwealth.corruption.diplomacy.diplomatic negotiations.late Elizabethan political culture.political consciences.politically sensitive representations.religious consciences.resonances.trade relations.Diplomatic relations.327.41047Stout Felicity Jane1660684MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910821121503321Exploring Russia in the Elizabethan commonwealth4016062UNINA