| Political Culture in the Reign of Elizabeth I: Queen and Commonwealth 1558-1585 Contributor(s): McLaren, A. N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521651441 ISBN-13: 9780521651448 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $132.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2000 Annotation: Anne McLaren explores the consequences for English political culture when, with the accession of Elizabeth I, imperial "kingship" came to be invested in a female ruler. She looks at how Elizabeth managed to be queen, in the face of considerable male opposition, and emphasizes the continuities between Elizabeth's reign and the outbreak of the English civil wars in the seventeenth century. Political Culture in the Reign of Elizabeth I thus offers a wholesale reinterpretation of the political dynamics of the period. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Political Science |
| Dewey: 306.209 |
| LCCN: 99022403 |
| Lexile Measure: 1780 |
| Series: Ideas in Context |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.28" (1.17 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anne McLaren explores the consequences for English political culture when, with the accession of Elizabeth I, imperial kingship came to be invested in a female ruler. She looks at how Elizabeth managed to be queen, in the face of considerable male opposition, and emphasizes the continuities between Elizabeth's reign and the outbreak of the English civil wars in the seventeenth century. Political Culture in the Reign of Elizabeth I thus offers a wholesale reinterpretation of the political dynamics of the period. |