Doubtful and Dangerous - The Question of Succession in Late Elizabethan England (Hardcover)

Doubtful and dangerous 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 commanded scholarly attention, the later period has suffered from relative obscurity. This book remedies the situation. Taking a thematic and interdisciplinary approach, individual essays demonstrate that key late Elizabethan texts - literary, political and polemical - cannot be understood without reference to the succession. The essays also reveal how the issue affected court politics, lay at the heart of religious disputes, stimulated constitutional innovation, and shaped foreign relations. By situating the topic within its historiographical and chronological contexts, the editors offer a novel account of the whole reign. Interdisciplinary in scope and spanning the crucial transition from the Tudors to the Stuarts, the book will be indispensable to scholars and students of early modern British and Irish history, literature and religion. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
Release date:	October 2014
First published:	2014
Editors:	Susan Doran • Paulina Kewes
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-8606-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	0-7190-8606-X
Barcode:	9780719086069

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