This England - (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain) by Patrick Collinson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A celebration of Englishness in the sixteenth century. Appeals equally to students of early modern history and its literary culture, presenting a view of 'Tudor England' and offering a firmer historical background to evaluating the English Renaissance.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This England is a celebration of 'Englishness' in the sixteenth century, and examines the growing conviction of 'Englishness' through the rapidly developing English language; the reinforcement of cultural nationalism as a result of the Protestant Reformation; the national and international<br>situation of England at a time of acute national catastrophe; and of Queen Elizabeth I, the last of her line, who remained unmarried throughout her reign, refusing to even discuss the succession to her throne. <p/>In a series of essays, Collinson explores the conviction among leading Elizabethans that they were citizens and subjects, also responsible for the safety of their commonwealth. The tensions between this conviction, born from a childhood spent in the Renaissance classics and in the subjection to the<br>Old Testament of the English Bible, to the dynastic claims of the Tudor monarchy, are all explored at length. Studies of a number of writers who fixed the image of sixteenth-century England for some time to come - Foxe, Camden, and other pioneers of the discovery of England - are included in this<br>extensive study. <p/>This volume is a timely response to a demand for a history which is no less social than political, and investigates what it meant to be a citizen of England living through the 1570s and 1580s.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This England is a celebration of 'Englishness' in the sixteenth century, and examines the growing conviction of 'Englishness' through the rapidly developing English language; the reinforcement of cultural nationalism as a result of the Protestant Reformation; the national and international situation of England at a time of acute national catastrophe; and of Queen Elizabeth I, the last of her line, who remained unmarried throughout her reign, refusing to even discuss the succession to her throne. In a series of essays, Collinson explores the conviction among leading Elizabethans that they were citizens and subjects, also responsible for the safety of their commonwealth. The tensions between this conviction, born from a childhood spent in the Renaissance classics and in the subjection to the Old Testament of the English Bible, to the dynastic claims of the Tudor monarchy, are all explored at length. Studies of a number of writers who fixed the image of sixteenth-century England for some time to come - Foxe, Camden, and other pioneers of the discovery of England - are included in this extensive study. This volume is a timely response to a demand for a history which is no less social than political, and investigates what it meant to be a citizen of England living through the 1570s and 1580s.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><br>There is much to enjoy and relish here; the pity is there will be no more essays from such a fertile mind.' -- Kenneth Fincham, The Journal of Early Modern Studies, Vol XLIII, No. 4<p></p><br>Highly recommended' -- J. Berlatsky, CHOICE, May 2012<p></p><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><br>Patrick Collinson was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College<br>
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