The Foreign Relations of Elizabeth I [Paperback]

This edited volume brings together a collection of provocative essays examining a number of different facets of Elizabethan foreign affairs, encompassing England and The British Isles, Europe, and the dynamic civilization of Islam. As an entirely domestic queen who never physically left her realm, Elizabeth I cast an inordinately wide shadow in the world around her. The essays is this volume collectively reveal a queen and her kingdom much more connected and integrated into a much wider world than usually discussed in conventional studies of Elizabethan foreign affairs.
PART I: BRITAIN
Why Elizabeth Never Left England; C.Beem & C.Levin
Princess Cecilia's Visitation To England, 1565-66; N.Martin
The 'Song On Queen Elizabeth': Coins, Clocks And The Stuff Of Political Satire In Dublin, 1560; B.Siegfried
PART II: EUROPE
Disgust, Lamentation, And Reconciliation: Queen Elizabeth's Mixed Reaction To The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre; N.Probasco
The Tsar And The Queen: You Speak A Language That I Understand Not; A.Riehl Bertolet
Elizabeth Amongst The Pirates: Gender And The Politics Of Piracy In Thomas Heywood's Fair Maid Of The West, Part 1; C.Jowitt
PART IV: ISLAM
Elizabeth Through Moroccan Eyes; N.Matar
Queen Elizabeth I And The Mashreq: Relations With Sovereigns Of The Islamic East; B.Andrea
Elizabeth And India; N.Das

Why did Elizabeth I never leave England, and what diplomatic issues did this fact of her monarchy create? The nimble essays collected in this volume ponder the condition of a thoroughly domesticated monarch in foreign contexts and are divided into three parts, each addressing one area of the diplomatic arena.lÛ