Elisabethans

The age of Elizabeth I continues to exercise a fascination unmatched by other periods of English history. Yet while the leading figures may seem familiar, many Elizabethan figures, including the queen herself, remain enigmatic. In Elizabethans Patrick Collinson examines the religious beliefs both of Elizabeth and of Shakespeare, as well as redrawing the main features of the political and religious structure of the reign. He understands the characters of the period as individuals but is also sensitive to the attitudes and beliefs of the day. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 6 Illustrations 8 Acknowledgements 10 Preface 12 Abbreviations 14 1 De Republica Anglorum: or History with the Politics Put Back 16 2 The Monarchical Republic of Queen Elizabeth I 46 3 Puritans, Men of Business and Elizabethan Parliaments 74 4 Windows in a Woman's Soul: Questions about the Religion of Queen Elizabeth I 102 5 'Not Sexual in the Ordinary Sense': Women, Men and Religious Transactions 134 6 Truth and Legend: The Veracity of John Foxe's Book of Martyrs 166 7 Perne the Turncoat: An Elizabethan Reputation 194 8 William Shakespeare's Religious Inheritance and Environment 234 Index 268 A 268 B 268 C 269 D 271 E 271 F 272 G 273 H 273 I 274 J 274 K 274 L 275 M 275 N 276 O 276 P 276 Q 278 R 278 S 278 T 279 U 279 V 279 W 279 Y 280 Z 280