Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Italian and English Humanism -- Gender and the Body Politic -- Sources and methods -- CHAPTER ONE - THE HUMANISM OF THE YOUNG ELIZABETH -- Introduction -- Elizabeth's Juvenilia under Henry VIII -- Elizabeth's works under Edward VI -- A Switch of Language -- Later writings under Edward VI -- Elizabeth's works under Mary I -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER TWO - ELIZABETH'S EARLY YEARS AS QUEEN (1558-1572) -- Introduction -- Elizabeth I and sixteenth-century rhetoric -- Elizabeth's humanist influences -- The early days of Elizabeth's government -- Marriage and the succession -- Elizabeth as scholar and patroness of learning -- Elizabeth as supreme governor of religion -- Mary Stewart and the Northern Rebellion of 1569 -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER THREE - ELIZABETH'S MIDDLE YEARS AS QUEEN (1573-1587) -- Introduction -- Marriage and the succession -- Religious reforms -- Foreign affairs -- The case of Mary Stewart -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER FOUR - ELIZABETH'S LATER YEARS AS QUEEN (1588-1603) -- Introduction -- The Spanish and the 1588 Armada -- Henri IV of France -- The Earl of Essex and Ireland -- A political humanist prince until the end -- Conclusion -- CONCLUSION -- The Influence of political humanism after Elizabeth -- Final thoughts -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

A Body Politic to Govern: The Political Humanism of Elizabeth I is a fresh look at a much studied historical figure. This work examines the influence between the virtues and thoughts of the political humanists of the Italian Renaissance, and the political persona of England's Elizabeth I. Special attention is paid to how Elizabeth constructed literary works such as letters and speeches, as well the style in which she governed England. This learned queen exemplified the virtues of political hu...

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