The Reign of Elizabeth 1 - Hardcover

Levin, Carole

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333658655 ISBN 13: 9780333658659

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2001

Synopsis

The reign of Elizabeth I was marked by change: England finally became a protestant nation, and England's relations with her neighbours were also changing, in part because of religious controversies. Elizabeth's reign was also significant in terms of changing gender expectations, and in terms of attitudes towards those considered different. While a woman ruled, others, often at the bottom of the social scale, were condemned as witches.
Levin evaluates Elizabeth and the significance of her reign both in the context of her age and our own, examining the increasing cultural diversity of Elizabethan England and the impact of the reign of an unmarried queen on gender expectations, as well as exploring the more traditional themes of religion, foreign policy, plots and conspiracies. Levin's fresh perspective will be welcomed by students of this exceptional reign.

About this title

About the Author:

CAROLE LEVIN is Professor of History at the University of Nebraska and the author of The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power and Propaganda in the English Reformation: Heroic and Villainous Images of King John. She has held fellowships at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Newberry Library.

Review:

..."she has succeeded in providing students and instructors with a lively and interesting new text."--Victoria de la Torre, Albion
..."a short but well-annotated volume to clarify the history of this famous Queen...."--Barbara Friedmann, Renaissance Magazine
..."a well-written overview of Elizabeth's political, religious and cultural significance..." "--Publishers Weekly"
.,."she has succeeded in providing students and instructors with a lively and interesting new text."--Victoria de la Torre, Albion
.,."a short but well-annotated volume to clarify the history of this famous Queen...."--Barbara Friedmann, Renaissance Magazine
.,."a well-written overview of Elizabeth's political, religious and cultural significance..." "--Publishers Weekly"
."..she has succeeded in providing students and instructors with a lively and interesting new text."--Victoria de la Torre, Albion
."..a short but well-annotated volume to clarify the history of this famous Queen...."--Barbara Friedmann, Renaissance Magazine

."..a well-written overview of Elizabeth's political, religious and cultural significance..." "--Publishers Weekly"
..".she has succeeded in providing students and instructors with a lively and interesting new text."--Victoria de la Torre, Albion
..".a short but well-annotated volume to clarify the history of this famous Queen...."--Barbara Friedmann, Renaissance Magazine
..".a well-written overview of Elizabeth's political, religious and cultural significance..." --Publishers Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0333658655
• ISBN 13: 9780333658659
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 146