Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society publish an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. Volume fourteen of the sixth series includes the following articles: England and the Continent in the Ninth Century: Iii, Rights and Rituals; The Legacy of the Nineteenth-Century Bourgeois Family and the Wool Merchant's Son; Pristina Libertas: Liberty and the Anglo-Saxons Revisited; Distance and Disturbance: Travel, Exploration and Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century; The Literary Critic and the Village Labourer: 'Culture' in Twentieth-Century Britain; Queen Elizabeth and the Myth Of Sea-Power In English History; The Elizabethan Idea of Empire; Mathematics and the Art of Navigation: The Advance of Scientific Seamanship In Elizabethan England; Was Elizabeth I Interested in Maps – and Did it Matter?; Bringing the World to England: The Politics of Translation in the Age of Hakluyt.
- Annual collection of major articles that represents some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians
- Contains essays from leading scholars writing on the theme of 'Elizabeth 1 and the Expansion of England'
- Covers a wide range of topics looking at both social and political contexts
Product details
May 2005Hardback
9780521849951
364 pages
223 × 145 × 22 mm
0.537kg
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
- Presidential Address: England and the Continent in the Ninth Century: Iii, Rights and Rituals Janet L. Nelson
- The Legacy of the Nineteenth-Century Bourgeois Family and The Wool Merchant's Son Leonore Davidoff
- Pristina Libertas: Liberty and The Anglo-Saxons Revisited Julia Crick
- Distance and Disturbance: Travel, Exploration and Knowledge In The Nineteenth Century Felix Driver
- The Prothero Lecture: The Literary Critic and The Village Labourer: 'Culture' In Twentieth-Century Britain Stefan Collini
- Elizabeth I and the Expansion of England: Introduction Simon Adams
- Elizabeth I And The Spanish Armada: A Painting and Its Afterlife Karen Hearn
- A Century On: Pepys and The Elizabethan Navy C. S. Knighton
- Queen Elizabeth And The Myth of Sea-Power In English History N. A. M. Rodger
- Mathematics and The Art of Navigation: The Advance of Scientific Seamanship In Elizabethan England Susan Rose
- Was Elizabeth I Interested In Maps – and Did It Matter? Peter Barber
- Bringing The World To England: The Politics Of Translation In The Age of Hakluyt William H. Sherman
- Gloriana Rules The Waves: or, The Advantage of Being Excommunicated (And A Woman) Lisa Jardine
- France and Elizabethan England Charles Giry-Deloison
- The King (The Queen) And The Jesuit: James Stuart's True Law of Free Monarchies In Context/s Peter Lake
- Elizabeth I: A Sense of Place In Stone, Print and Paint Maurice Howard
- The Elizabethan Idea of Empire David Armitage
- Scotland, Elizabethan England and The Idea of Britain Roger A. Mason
- 'Never Any Realm Worse Governed': Queen Elizabeth and Ireland Hiram Morgan
- Elizabeth I and The Sovereignty of The Netherlands 1576–1585 Simon Adams
- Royal Historical Society: Report of Council. Session 2003–2004.