Monarchy and Matrimony by Susan Doran

Monarchy and Matrimony by Susan Doran

Monarchy and Matrimony is the first comprehensive study of Elizabeth I's courtships. Susan Doran argues that the cult of the `Virgin Queen' was invented by her ministers, and that Elizabeth was forced into celibacy by political necessity. Doran's detailed examination of the different suits is based on extensive archival research across Europe. Rather than focusing on Elizabeth's personality and image, she views the question within a wider political and religious context. She shows how the question of Elizabeth's marriage was divisive for England, affecting both political life and international relations, and provoking popular propaganda in the form of plays, poetry and paintings.

`A fascinating new approach to an old question' - Dr Pauline Croft, Royal Holloway, University of London

Susan Doran is a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford, and teaches at St Benet's Hall. She is the author of several Tudor history books, notably The Tudor Chronicles (Quercus, 2008). She has worked as a media consultant and as an editor for three major exhibition catalogues in London. She has been interviewed for radio and television programs on a regular basis, and she is currently working on a Stuart Successions exhibition with the Bodleian Library. She has two adult children and is married.

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ISBN 13	9780415756501
ISBN 10	0415756502
Title	Monarchy and Matrimony
Author	Susan Doran
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2015-10-08
Number of pages	292
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