This England Essays on the English nation and Commonwealth in the sixteenth century.
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2011.
- 1 online resource (329 pages)
- Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Copyright; Contents; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION This England: race, nation, patriotism; 1. The politics of religion and the religion of politics in Elizabethan England; 2. The Elizabethan exclusion crisis and the Elizabethan polity; 3. Servants and citizens: Robert Beale and other Elizabethans; 4. Pulling the strings: religion and politics in the progress of 1578; 5. Elizabeth I and the verdicts of history; 6. Biblical rhetoric: the English nation and national sentiment in the prophetic mode; 7. John Foxe and national consciousness. 8. Truth, lies and fiction in sixteenth-century Protestant historiography9. One of us? William Camden and the making of history; 10. William Camden and the anti-myth of Elizabeth: setting the mould?; 11. John Stow and nostalgic antiquarianism; Index.
This England? is a celebration of?Englishness? in the sixteenth century, explores the growing conviction of?Englishness? through the rapidly developing English language; the reinforcement of cultural nationalism as a result of the Protestant Reformation; the national and international situation of England at a time of acute national catastrophe; and of Queen Elizabeth 1, the last of her line, remaining unmarried, refusing to even discuss the succession to her throne. Introducing students of the period to an aspect of history largely neglected in the current vogue for histories of the Tudors.
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England. Geschichte 1500-1600. Great Britain--Church history--16th century. Great Britain--Civilization--16th century. Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603. Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603. Great Britain--Politics and government--1485-1603. Nationalbewusstsein.