Susan Doran
University of Oxford, History, Faculty Member
- Early modern British historianedit
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... and PD King Lynn Abrams David Arnold AL Beier Martin Blinkhorn Martin Blinkhorn Robert M. Bliss Stephen Constantine Stephen Constantine Christopher Durston Eric J. Evans Eric J. Evans Eric J. Evans Dick Geary John Gooch Alexander... more
... and PD King Lynn Abrams David Arnold AL Beier Martin Blinkhorn Martin Blinkhorn Robert M. Bliss Stephen Constantine Stephen Constantine Christopher Durston Eric J. Evans Eric J. Evans Eric J. Evans Dick Geary John Gooch Alexander Grant MJ Heale Ruth Henig Ruth ...
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Part One: The Background. 1. International Context. 2. Overseas Trade. 3. Military Resources. 4. The Making of Foreign Policy. Part Two: Analysis. 5. Henry VII. 6. Henry VIII. 7. Mid Tudor England 1540 - 63. 8. Elizabeth I 1564-1603. Part... more
Part One: The Background. 1. International Context. 2. Overseas Trade. 3. Military Resources. 4. The Making of Foreign Policy. Part Two: Analysis. 5. Henry VII. 6. Henry VIII. 7. Mid Tudor England 1540 - 63. 8. Elizabeth I 1564-1603. Part Three: Assessment. Part Four Documents.
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The historiographical issues surrounding Elizabeth I’s gender are revisited in this essay. It puts forwards three main arguments. First, it contends that the gynaecocracy debate initiated by John Knox had little traction during the reign... more
The historiographical issues surrounding Elizabeth I’s gender are revisited in this essay. It puts forwards three main arguments. First, it contends that the gynaecocracy debate initiated by John Knox had little traction during the reign and that the more general anxieties about queenship were successfully addressed. Second, it maintains that Elizabeth’s queenship differed little in practice from kingship, since the Queen retained the monarchical prerogatives of her predecessors and assumed traditional kingly roles. Finally, it concludes that historians have in the past overstated the rhetorical and political strategies that Elizabeth and her subjects employed to negotiate her gender.
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Royal foreword Sponsor s foreword Introduction by David Starkey: London, Flower of Cities All : Royal Ritual and the River Section 1: Royal Power and Pageantry on the Thames. SimonThurley: The Vanishing Architecture of the River Thames... more
Royal foreword Sponsor s foreword Introduction by David Starkey: London, Flower of Cities All : Royal Ritual and the River Section 1: Royal Power and Pageantry on the Thames. SimonThurley: The Vanishing Architecture of the River Thames Sarah Monks: Between Country, Court and City: The Thames and the Tides of Royal Power Julia Sanders: Staging the River. Section 2: The Lord Mayor's Procession. Ian Archer: The City of London and River Pageantry, 1400 - 1856 Section 3: The Eighteenth-Century River. John Bold: The Later History of Greenwich: A River Landscape and Architectural Statement Timothy Jenks: Lord Nelson s Procession by Water: The River Thames and Late-Georgian Naval Spectacle Section 4: The Working River and its Victorian Transformation. Gloria Clifton: The Transformation of the Thames in the Nineteenth Century Section 5: The Thames: The Navy and Royal Yachts. George R. Dalgleish: The visit of George IV to Scotland, August 1822 Section 6: Epilogue: The Thames and British History Jonathan Schneer: England s River: The Thames as a National River Notes Bibliography and Further Reading
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... First published 1996 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003. Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street,... more
... First published 1996 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003. Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 © 1996 Susan Doran All rights ...
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In this essay, I examine how hegemonic concepts of manhood applied to monarchs in early-modern-England. I first discuss what manly qualities were associated with the ideal prince, how far they were the norms applied to other men of... more
In this essay, I examine how hegemonic concepts of manhood applied to monarchs in early-modern-England. I first discuss what manly qualities were associated with the ideal prince, how far they were the norms applied to other men of similar rank, and some of the ways that early-modern monarchs tried to live the part. I then move on to explore the strategies taken when the sitting monarch did not fit the bill. Here I conclude that underage and female rulers were perceived as less threatening to the political and social order than an adult king libelled as effeminate.
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Why should films be historically accurate? Why are some monarchs popular subjects in film and others virtually ignored? Leading historians analyze films set in Tudor and Stuart Britain, exploring their historical context and their... more
Why should films be historically accurate? Why are some monarchs popular subjects in film and others virtually ignored? Leading historians analyze films set in Tudor and Stuart Britain, exploring their historical context and their accuracy. They explore the preoccupations of the filmmakers, the sources they used and each film's reception.
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Part One: The Background. 1. International Context. 2. Overseas Trade. 3. Military Resources. 4. The Making of Foreign Policy. Part Two: Analysis. 5. Henry VII. 6. Henry VIII. 7. Mid Tudor England 1540 - 63. 8. Elizabeth I 1564-1603. Part... more
Part One: The Background. 1. International Context. 2. Overseas Trade. 3. Military Resources. 4. The Making of Foreign Policy. Part Two: Analysis. 5. Henry VII. 6. Henry VIII. 7. Mid Tudor England 1540 - 63. 8. Elizabeth I 1564-1603. Part Three: Assessment. Part Four Documents.
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... To take a few examples: Louise Wilkinson homes in on the marriage and coronation of Isabella of England in 1235; Manuela Santos Silva looks ... Paula de Pando draws our attention to an early seventeenth-century Spanish play about Anne... more
... To take a few examples: Louise Wilkinson homes in on the marriage and coronation of Isabella of England in 1235; Manuela Santos Silva looks ... Paula de Pando draws our attention to an early seventeenth-century Spanish play about Anne Boleyn, and Sandra Bell revisits ...
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Introduction. Henry VII. Henry VIII. Edward VI. Mary I. Elizabeth I. The Tudor Succession: a family tree. Sources for featured quotations. Notes on the text. Index. Picture credits.
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Queen Elizabeth I reigned from 1558 to 1603 and is remembered not only as a powerful, often ruthless and successful monarch, but also as a virtuous, gracious and caring ruler. This biography reveals a tough and determined "Virgin... more
Queen Elizabeth I reigned from 1558 to 1603 and is remembered not only as a powerful, often ruthless and successful monarch, but also as a virtuous, gracious and caring ruler. This biography reveals a tough and determined "Virgin Queen", whose education, wit and wisdom enabled her to succeed in the often turbulent world of her reign. Charting Elizabeth's childhood, education and family life as well as her relationships with her ministers and suitors, the author discusses her motivation and the personal qualities that sustained her as queen. In an era of political and religious upheaval, Elizabeth I emerges as one of the most skilful and formidable monarchs in history. Illustrated throughout with portraits, rare historical documents and letters in Elizabeth's own hand, this study provides an engaging and authoritative account of Queen Elizabeth I's life and times.
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List of Illustrations Introduction S.Doran and T.S.Freeman PART ONE: TROJAN HORSES: CONTEMPORARY CRITICISMS OF ELIZABETH Providence and Prescription: the Account of Elizabeth in Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs' T.S.Freeman... more
List of Illustrations Introduction S.Doran and T.S.Freeman PART ONE: TROJAN HORSES: CONTEMPORARY CRITICISMS OF ELIZABETH Providence and Prescription: the Account of Elizabeth in Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs' T.S.Freeman Duessa's Trial and Elizabeth's Error: Judging Elizabeth in Spenser's Faerie Queen A.Hadfield PART TWO: JACOBEAN PERSPECTIVES: POLITIC PRINCESS OR PROTESTANT HEROINE? William Camden and the Anti-Myth of Elizabeth: Setting the Mould? P.Collinson Elizabeth in Arcadia: Fulke Greville and John Hayward's Construction of Elizabeth, 1610-12 L.Richardson Drama Queen: Staging Elizabeth in If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody T.Grant 'A Very Deborah?' The Myth of Elizabeth I as a Providential Monarch A.Walsham PART THREE: ELIZABETH ENGENDERED: THE PRESENTATION AND PRACTICE Virginity, Divinity and Power: the Portraits of Elizabeth I S.Doran Queen Elizabeth and Mrs Bishop B.Usher Harington's Gossip J.Scott-Warren A Queen for All Seasons: Elizabeth I on Film T.Betteridge List of Abbreviations Notes and References Notes on Contributors Index
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... and PD King Lynn Abrams David Arnold AL Beier Martin Blinkhorn Martin Blinkhorn Robert M. Bliss Stephen Constantine Stephen Constantine Christopher Durston Eric J. Evans Eric J. Evans Eric J. Evans Dick Geary John Gooch Alexander... more
... and PD King Lynn Abrams David Arnold AL Beier Martin Blinkhorn Martin Blinkhorn Robert M. Bliss Stephen Constantine Stephen Constantine Christopher Durston Eric J. Evans Eric J. Evans Eric J. Evans Dick Geary John Gooch Alexander Grant MJ Heale Ruth Henig Ruth ...
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When in Chapter 21 of The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli considered ‘How a prince must act to win honour’, he began with the statement, ‘Nothing brings a prince more prestige than great campaigns and striking demonstrations of his personal... more
When in Chapter 21 of The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli considered ‘How a prince must act to win honour’, he began with the statement, ‘Nothing brings a prince more prestige than great campaigns and striking demonstrations of his personal abilities.’1 Here, in associating honour with reputation and warlike behaviour, Machiavelli was articulating the early sixteenth-century concept of aristocratic honour and partially explaining the prevalence of war in the first half of that century. Henry VIII, however, did not take Machiavelli’s realpolitik examination of Italian Renaissance politics as his model. Instead, his thinking about honour and reputation was influenced by late-medieval works of romance and books on chivalry, which were circulating the English court in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. In these writings honour was won through adherence to a strict code of conduct built around martial virtues, while war was represented as the opportunity and arena for the acquisition of honour. In the Boke of St Albans for example, first printed in 1486, qualities of fortitude, prudence, wisdom and steadfastness, as they were displayed in battle, were described as the hallmarks of a gentleman deserving of honour. Ramon Lull’s Book of the Order of Chivalry (translated by William Caxton) laid down a code of honour related especially to warfare, which was as binding on a prince as on any other knight.
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This chapter treats border defence, dynastic security and the Counter-Reformation threat in separate sections. As the sixteenth century progressed, however, all three areas became closely related. In the first place, the monarch’s... more
This chapter treats border defence, dynastic security and the Counter-Reformation threat in separate sections. As the sixteenth century progressed, however, all three areas became closely related. In the first place, the monarch’s dynastic interests and England’s national security issues began to merge after Henry VIII’s break from Rome, as the threat to England from pretenders ceased to be simply dynastic in nature. Thus, in the mid and late 1530s Reginald Pole was a danger to the king because of his papal connections as well as his Yorkist lineage. Later on, the pretender Mary Queen of Scots imperilled the Protestant Church as much as the person of Elizabeth herself, and came to be treated by the pope and Philip II as a banner for the Counter-Reformation. In addition, the nature of the threat to England’s land borders also changed over the period. Whereas in the first half of the century the northern borders were insecure mainly because of the Franco-Scottish ‘Auld Alliance’ and the Scottish king’s readiness to open up a second front in the Anglo-French continental wars, the issues dominating Anglo-Scottish relations during Elizabeth’s reign concerned religion and dynasty. Confronted with the complexity and interrelatedness of these dangers Elizabethans made sense of them by falling back on conspiracy theory; as far as they were concerned, all the threats to England’s security were the work of a Catholic league led by the pope. Historians, however, can probably best understand them if the themes are disentangled as far as is possible, and discussed individually.