Elizabeth I : a study in insecurity
Castor, Helen2019
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In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. The Virgin Queen ruled over a Golden Age: the Spanish Armada was defeated and England's enemies scattered; English explorers reached almost to the ends of the earth; a new Church of England rose from the ashes of past conflict, and the English Renaissance bloomed in the genius of Shakespeare, Spenser and Sidney. But the image is also armour. In this illuminating account of Elizabeth's reign, Helen Castor shows how England's iconic queen was shaped by profound and enduring insecurity - an insecurity which was both a matter of practical political reality and personal psychology.
Main title:
Elizabeth I : a study in insecurity / Helen Castor.
Author:
Castor, Helen, author
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2019.
Collation:
113 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 18 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141989945 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
942.055092942.055
Language:
English
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BRN:
1902668
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