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Elizabeth I's Foreign Correspondence

Letters, Rhetoric, and Politics

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Carlo M. Bajetta

    1. Università della Valle d’Aosta, Italy

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  2. Guillaume Coatalen

    1. University of Cergy-Pontoise, France

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  3. Jonathan Gibson

    1. English department, Open University, UK

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Part of the book series: Queenship and Power (QAP)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Manuscripts, Secretaries, and Scribes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Manuscripts, Secretaries, and Scribes: The Production of Diplomatic Letters at Court

      • Angela Andreani
      Pages 3-23

  5. Correspondence with Germany, the East, and Ireland

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Elizabeth’s Correspondence with the Protestant Princes of the Empire, 1558–86

      • David Scott Gehring
      Pages 189-207

    3. The Virgin Queen and the Son of Heaven: Elizabeth I’s Letters to Wanli, Emperor of China

      • Rayne Allinson
      Pages 209-228

    4. Letters to Ireland: Queen Elizabeth to Essex, 1599

      • Monica Santini
      Pages 229-252

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 253-269
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About this book

Though Elizabeth I never left England, she wrote extensively to correspondents abroad, and these letters were of central importance to the politics of the period. This volume presents the findings of a major international research project on this correspondence, including newly edited translations of 15 of Elizabeth's letters in foreign languages.

Reviews

“This is a superb collection, and one of the best collections on Elizabeth (possibly on early modern history generally) produced over the past few years. … The combination of edited texts and investigative essays allows sustained and detailed examination of key issues–the process of letter-writing, about language and how it is used, and about the materiality of letters–which we need in order to understand early modern politics.” (Natalie Mears, English Historical Review, Vol. 131 (552), October, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • UniversitĂ  della Valle d’Aosta, Italy

    Carlo M. Bajetta

  • University of Cergy-Pontoise, France

    Guillaume Coatalen

  • English department, Open University, UK

    Jonathan Gibson

About the editors

Rayne Allinson, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA Angela Andreani, University of Sussex, UK Carlo M. Bajetta, Università della Valle d'Aosta - Université de la Vallée d'Aoste, Italy Guillaume Coatalen, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, France David Scott Gehring, University of Nottingham, UK Jonathan Gibson, The Open University, UK Giuliana Iannaccaro, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Alessandra Petrina, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy Gianmario Raimondi, Università della Valle d'Aosta, Italy Monica Santini, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy

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