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Elizabeth I and Her Circle

By: Susan Doran

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The inside story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life. It is a vivid and often dramatic account, offering a deeper insight into Elizabeth's emotional and political conduct, and challenging many popular myths about her.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199574952

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9780199574957

Tudor England and its Neighbours

By: Glenn Richardson,Susan Doran

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Tudor England and its Neighbours

By: Glenn Richardson,Susan Doran

This new study of Tudor international relations is the first in nearly thirty years. Adopting a fresh approach to the subject, this lively collection presents the work of a team of established and younger scholars who discuss how the Tudor monarchs made sense of the world beyond England's shores. Taking account of recent developments in cultural, gender and institutional history, the contributors analyse the important changes and continuities in England's foreign policy during the Tudor age. Tudor England and its Neighbours addresses key questions such as: - Did Henry VII break with the past by pursuing peace with France? - What was the impact of the break with Rome and the introduction of Protestantism on England's relations with other countries? - Was war between Elizabethan England and Spain inevitable? Using new evidence and reinterpreting traditional narratives, these essays illuminate the complexities and the sometimes surprising subtleties of England's international relations between 1485 and 1603.

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296

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137056126

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9781137056122

England and Europe in the Sixteenth Century

By: Susan Doran

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England and Europe in the Sixteenth Century

By: Susan Doran

This book provides a thematic survey of English foreign policy in the sixteenth century, focusing on the influence of the concept of honour, security concerns, religious ideology and commercial interests on the making of policy. It draws attention to aspects of continuity with the late-medieval past but argues, too, that the European Reformation brought new challenges which forced a rethinking of policy. Far from treating the sixteenth century as the period when England began its rise as a Great Power, the author emphasises the structural weaknesses of the English armed forces and demonstrates that dangers and insecurities did more to mould foreign policy than the energy and confidence of the Tudor rulers.

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163

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1349269905

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9781349269907

The Myth of Elizabeth

By: Susan Doran,Thomas S. Freeman

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The Myth of Elizabeth

By: Susan Doran,Thomas S. Freeman

Elizabeth I is one of England's most admired and celebrated rulers. She is also one of its most iconic: her image is familiar from paintings, film and television. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection of essays examines the origins and development of the image and myths that came to surround the Virgin Queen. The essays question the prevailing assumptions about the mythic Elizabeth and challenge the view that she was unambiguously celebrated in the literature and portraiture of the early modern era. They explain how the most familiar myths surrounding the queen developed from the concerns of her contemporaries and yet continue to reverberate today. Published to mark the 400th anniversary of the queen's death, this volume will appeal to all those with an interest in the historiography of Elizabeth's reign and Elizabethan, and Jacobean, poets, dramatists and artists.

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269

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0230214150

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9780230214156

Mary Tudor

Old and New Perspectives

By: Susan Doran,Thomas S. Freeman

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Mary Tudor

Old and New Perspectives

By: Susan Doran,Thomas S. Freeman

This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines the origins and growth of Mary Tudor's historical reputation, from the reign of Elizabeth I up to the 20th century. Re-appraising aspects of her reign that have been misrepresented the book creates a more balanced, objective portrait of England's last Catholic, and first female, monarch.

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360

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0230343856

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9780230343856

Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy, 1558-1603

By: Susan Doran

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Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy, 1558-1603

By: Susan Doran

At her accession in 1558 Elizabeth I inherited a troublesome legacy with a long history of wars against France and Scotland. This international situation was becoming a huge financial burden on the English crown and economy. Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy describes and assesses England's foreign policy during the second half of the sixteenth century. It includes coverage of Elizabeth's relations with foreign powers, the effect of Reformation on foreign affairs, Elizabeth's successs as a stateswoman and the war with Spain.

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Routledge

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1134741200

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England and Europe 1485-1603

By: Susan Doran

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England and Europe 1485-1603

By: Susan Doran

This Seminar Study introduces students to England's foreign policy during the reigns of the Tudor monarchs. In this succinct introduction the author addresses the key questions facing students - for example, to what extent did monarch or minister make policy. Each reign is analysed in turn providing a narrative and explanation of the major events and policy decisions throughout the Tudor period.

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Routledge

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1317888111

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9781317888116

Princes, Pastors, and People

The Church and Religion in England, 1500-1700

By: Susan Doran,Christopher Durston

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Princes, Pastors, and People

The Church and Religion in England, 1500-1700

By: Susan Doran,Christopher Durston

Tracing the many changes in religious life that took place in the turbulent years of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this book explains the major historical controversies surrounding the period.

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234

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Psychology Press

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0415205778

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9780415205771

The Culture of Yellow

Or, The Visual Politics of Late Modernity

By: Sabine Doran

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The Culture of Yellow

Or, The Visual Politics of Late Modernity

By: Sabine Doran

This is the first book to explore the cultural significance of the color yellow, showing how its psychological and aesthetic value marked and shaped many of the intellectual, political, and artistic currents of late modernity. It contends that yellow functions during this period primarily as a color of stigma and scandal. Yellow stigmatization has had a long history: it goes back to the Middle Ages when Jews and prostitutes were forced to wear yellow signs to emphasize their marginal status. Although scholars have commented on these associations in particular contexts, Sabine Doran offers the first overarching account of how yellow connects disparate cultural phenomena, such as turn-of-the-century decadence (the "yellow nineties"), the rise of mass media ("yellow journalism"), mass immigration from Asia ("the yellow peril"), and mass stigmatization (the yellow star that Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany). The Culture of Yellow combines cultural history with innovative readings of literary texts and visual artworks, providing a multilayered account of the unique role played by the color yellow in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and European culture.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1441196900

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9781441196903

Book's by Doran James

Elizabeth I and Her Circle

Elizabeth I and Her Circle

Tudor England and its Neighbours

Tudor England and its Neighbours

England and Europe in the Sixteenth Century

England and Europe in the Sixteenth Century

The Myth of Elizabeth

The Myth of Elizabeth

Mary Tudor

Mary Tudor

Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy, 1558-1603

Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy, 1558-1603

England and Europe 1485-1603

England and Europe 1485-1603

Princes, Pastors, and People

Princes, Pastors, and People

The Culture of Yellow

The Culture of Yellow

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