LEADER 03623oam 22006134a 450 001 9910480060703321 005 20170919201112.0 010 $a1-78499-687-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000493224 035 $a(EBL)4083644 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001587408 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16271338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001587408 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14870065 035 $a(PQKB)10159895 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4083644 035 $a(OCoLC)980762768 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse59557 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000493224 100 $a20160329d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExploring Russia in the Elizabethan commonwealth$eThe Muscovy Company and Giles Fletcher, the elder (1546?1611) /$fFelicity Jane Stout 210 1$aManchester :$cManchester University Press,$d2015. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2017 210 4$dİ2015. 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 225 0 $aPolitics, culture and society in early modern Britain 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-9700-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 232-243) and index. 327 $aAn 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. 330 $aExploring Russia in the Elizabethan Commonwealth tells the story of English relations with Russia, from the 'strange and wonderfull discoverie' of the land and Elizabeth I's correspondence with Ivan the Terrible, to the corruption of the Muscovy Company and the Elizabethan regime's censorship of politically sensitive representations of Russia. Focusing on the life and works of Giles Fletcher, the elder, ambassador to Russia in 1588, this work explores two popular themes in Elizabethan history: exploration, travel and trade and late Elizabethan political culture. By analysing the pervasive languages of commonwealth, corruption and tyranny found in both the Muscovy Company accounts and in Fletcher's writings on Russia, this monograph explores how Russia was a useful tool for Elizabethans to think with when they contemplated the nature of government and the changing face of monarchy in the late Elizabethan regime. It will appeal to academics and students of Elizabethan political culture and literary studies, as well as those of early modern travel and trade. 410 0$aPolitics, culture, and society in early modern Britain. 606 $aDiplomatic relations$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01907412 607 $aRussia$2fast 607 $aGreat Britain$2fast 607 $aRussia$xHistory$y1533-1613 607 $aRussia$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zRussia 608 $aHistory. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDiplomatic relations. 676 $a327.41047 700 $aStout$b Felicity Jane$0999891 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480060703321 996 $aExploring Russia in the Elizabethan commonwealth$92295250 997 $aUNINA