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Author:

Wilson, A. N., 1950-

Title:

The Elizabethans / A.N. Wilson.

Publisher:

Hutchinson,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xii, 432 p., [16] p. plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--16th century.
Great Britain--Civilization--16th century.
Elizabeth--I,--Queen of England,--1533-1603.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Pt. 1. The early reign. The difficulty ; The new world ; Ceremonial : twixt earnest and twixt game ; Men in power ; Which church? ; The new learning ; A library at Mortlake ; The northern rebellion -- Pt. 2.1570s. St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre ; Elizabethan women ; Histories ; Kenilworth ; Ireland ; Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation ; A frog he would a-wooing go -- Pt. 3. 1580s. Religious dissent ; Sir Philip Sidney ; Hakluyt and empire ; The Scottish queen ; The Armada ; London and theatre ; Marprelate and Hooker -- Pt. 4. The close of the reign. A hive for bees ; Sex and the city ; The occult philosophy ; My America ; Tyrone ; Essex and the end ; Hamlet : one through two.

Summary:

With all the panoramic sweep of his bestselling study of The Victorians, A.N. Wilson relates the exhilarating story of the Elizabethan Age. It was a time of exceptional creativity, wealth creation and political expansion.

ISBN:

0091931517 (hbk)
9780091931513 (hbk)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)754568208

LCCN:

2011514785

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)