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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Elizabeth I"”.
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Representations of Elizabeth I
… to examine some contemporary representations of Elizabeth I. Beginning with an outline of how the queen struggled to construct her feminine power within and beyond dominant patriarchal discourse, I go on to explore closely three modern filmic treatments of the queen: The Virgin Queen (1955), …
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Representations of Queen Elizabeth I in Edmund Spenser's Pastoral Poetry
… to uncover allegorical representations of Queen Elizabeth I. The psychoanalytical theories of Jacques Lacan and Julia Kristeva will be appropriated to construct a methodological model termed the 'Lacanian Pastoral'. This model will be used to examine Spenser's poetic unconscious that maps …
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Elizabeth I And The Policy Of Marriage: The Anjou Match, 1572-1582
<p>This thesis will explore how Queen Elizabeth I of England's use of interdynastic marriage negotiations as an essential component to the successful implementation of her foreign policy objectives. Many historians continue to debate whether a distinct foreign policy actually existed from the onset …
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Anglo-Spanish relations during the early years of Elizabeth I, 1558-1574
… was not the same in 1574 as it had been at Elizabeth's accession. In fifteen years a transition in English foreign policy had occurred. English rather than Spanish interests were dominant in the aims and objectives of Elizabeth's policies. By 1574 she was firmly established in England and …
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“Princes upon Stages”: the Theatricalization of Monarchy in the Reign of Elizabeth I, 1558-1569
The reign of Elizabeth I of England is one of the most celebrated reigns in history and is renowned for the renaissance of the arts, theater, and culture. Authors, playwrights, and artists venerated her in their art in what became known as the Cult of Gloriana. At her accession, however, her …
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Ideology and diplomacy: the impact of reformed religion on foreign policy and diplomatic practice in the first decade of Elizabeth I
… examines the ideological attitudes of Elizabeth’s servants on issues of foreign policy and to examine the relationship between stated ideological goals and foreign policy. The conclusion drawn from this examination is that the men who served Elizabeth shared a basic set of Protestant …
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"Invidiam viam aut faciam": "I will find a way or make one" The poetic practice of political counsel in the courts of Elizabeth I and James I
… of a Sidney, responded to the efforts of Elizabeth I and James I to restrict the power of the aristocracy by claiming a right to offer counsel to their monarch. Though no one of them could claim a position from which to offer direct counsel, they each exploited the Petrarchan discourse of …
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A Man Moste Meete': A Nationwide Survey of Justices of the Peace in Mid-Tudor England, 1547-1582
… from the reigns of Edward VI, Mary I, and the Elizabeth I. Much of the analysis is quantitative in nature: chapters compare the appointments of justices of the peace during the reigns of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I, and reveal that purges of the commissions of the peace were far more …
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Displacing Mother, Fashioning Father: Elizabeth, Spenser, and the Politics of Parenthood
… special emphasis on the presentation of Queen Elizabeth I as a figurative and political mother.
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Cupid's Victimization of the Renaissance Male
… the court of Henry VIII to that of his daughter, Elizabeth I. The article pays specific attention to the works of Sir Philip Sidney, Shakespeare, Richard Barnfield, and Lady Mary Sidney Wroth, paying close attention to social, political, and gender issues of the period.</p>
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THE "OTHER" WOMAN: EARLY MODERN ENGLISH REPRESENTATIONS OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN, 1579-1690
… Best increasingly to include England's own Elizabeth I as a central character in support of the voyages. Chapter 2 considers Sir Walter Ralegh's use of the figure of the Native woman to make an analogical rhetorical argument comparing Elizabeth I to Native women rulers and, thus, to argue …
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Networks, News and Communication: Political Elites and Community Relations in Elizabethan Devon, 1588-1603
Focusing on the ‘second reign’ of Queen Elizabeth I (1588-1603), this thesis constitutes the first significant socio-political examination of Elizabethan Devon – a geographically peripheral county, yet strategically central in matters pertaining to national defence and security. A complex web of …
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The Queen's Poets
… and Literary Development in the Age of Elizabeth Thesis under the direction of Olga Valbuena, Ph.D., Professor of English During the second half of her reign, Queen Elizabeth I of England used what would, in the current century, be considered modern public relations techniques to promote …
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Behold These English Dogs!: Englishmen in the Atlantic World Before the Holy Office of the Inquisition, 1560-1630
… a chain reaction of events that infuriated Queen Elizabeth I of England and brought about her conflict with King Philip II of Spain which challenged his Grand Strategy for World domination. Elizabeth’s status as a heretic provoked Philip to use the Spanish Inquisition’s severity against all …
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Shakespeare's Portrayal of the Celtic Nations of Scotland and Wales and the Changing View of Ancient Britain
… from being in the hands of the ‘Welsh harridan’ Elizabeth I to the more cosmopolitan Scottish James VI/I, and this was also the time when the ancient British myths were no longer taken as the verbatim source for British history, with a preference for seeing the civilising influence of classical …
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Redating Pericles: A Re-examination of Shakespeare’s Pericles as an Elizabethan Play
… Re-dating Pericles from the Jacobean to the Elizabethan era answers these questions and reveals previously unexamined connections between topical references in Pericles and events and personalities in the court of Elizabeth I: John Dee, Philip Sidney, Edward de Vere, and many others. The …
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Anne of France as Madame La Grande: The Strategies of a Self-Fashioned Woman 1483-1522
A century and a half before Elizabeth I was the “Virgin Queen,” Anne of France created her own image in the form of “Madame la Grande,” a moniker specially formed to denote Anne’s high status and authority. Born in 1461 to King Louis XI and Queen Charlotte of Savoy, Anne seemed destined to be a …
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