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Elizabeth I's foreign correspondence : letters, rhetoric, and politics / edited by Carlo M. Bajetta, Guillaume Coatalen and Jonathan Gibson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Queenship and power
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1558-1603--Sources.
- Great Britain.
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603--Correspondence.
- Elizabeth.
- Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Sources.
- History.
- Queens--Great Britain--Correspondence.
- Queens.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 269 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Summary:
- Elizabeth I's linguistic skills were never in doubt during her lifetime. They were put to excellent use when she became queen, and although she never left England, throughout her reign she wrote extensively to correspondents abroad. Her extant foreign correspondence ranges from the ceremonial to the religiously committed to the intimate and emotionally vulnerable. The relationships Elizabeth forged through these texts were of central importance to the diplomacy and politics of the period. This volume presents work on the Queen's correspondence by an international team of scholars and includes newly edited texts and translations of nine of Elizabeth's holograph letters. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I Manuscripts, Secretaries, and Scribes
- 1 Manuscripts, Secretaries, and Scribes: The Production of Diplomatic Letters at Court / Angela Andreani Andreani, Angela 3
- Part II Elizabeth's French Correspondence
- 2 Six Holograph Letters in French from Queen Elizabeth I to the Duke of Anjou: Texts and Analysis / Guillaume Coatalen Coatalen, Guillaume, Jonathan Gibson Gibson, Jonathan 27
- 3 "Dedans la plie de mon fidelle affection": Familiarity and Materiality in Elizabeth's Letters to Anjou / Jonathan Gibson Gibson, Jonathan 63
- Part III Elizabeth's Italian Correspondence
- 4 "Perfit readiness": Elizabeth Learning and Using Italian / Alessandra Petrina Petrina, Alessandra 93
- 5 Three Holograph Italian Letters from Elizabeth I to Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor: Texts and Analysis / Carlo M. Bajetta Bajetta, Carlo M. 115
- 6 Elizabeth's Italian: Linguistic Standards and Interlingual Interference / Gianmario Raimondi Raimondi, Gianmario 151
- 7 Elizabeth's Italian Rhetoric: The "Maximilian Letters" / Giuliana Iannaccaro Iannaccaro, Giuliana 167
- Part IV Correspondence with Germany, the East, and Ireland
- 8 Elizabeth's Correspondence with the Protestant Princes of the Empire, 1558-86 / David Scott Gebring Gebring, David Scott 189
- 9 The Virgin Queen and the Son of Heaven: Elizabeth I's Letters to Wanli, Emperor of China / Rayne Allinson Allinson, Rayne 209
- 10 Letters to Ireland: Queen Elizabeth to Essex, 1599 / Monica Santini Santini, Monica 229.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137448408
- 1137448407
- OCLC:
- 882738805
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