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The subject of Elizabeth

by Louis Adrian Montrose · 2006

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As a woman wielding public authority, Elizabeth I embodied a paradox at the very center of 16th century patriarchal English society. This text illuminates the ways in which the Queen and her subjects variously exploited or obfuscated this contradiction.

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
royaltyroyaltyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
16th century16th centuryMore like thisLess of thisTudorTudorMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 341 pages

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