A monarchy of letters
Subtitle: royal correspondence and English diplomacy in the reign of Elizabeth I
By: Rayne Allinson
Series: Queenship and power series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137008350
Subjects: Correspondence; Diplomacy; History and criticism; English language; Discourse analysis; Letter writing; English letters; Foreign relations; History
Table of contents: title: Tedius and paynefull: letter writing in English royal diplomacy; title: My skrating hand: the making of Elizabeth's correspondence; title: Entering the stage: Elizabeth's use of letters in her first year, 1558-60; title: War of words: King Philip II of Spain, 1558-81; title: Silent diplomacy: Queen Mary I of Scotland, 1559-87; title: Marriage and motherhood: Catherine de Medici, queen mother of France, 1559-88; title: Inward and secret letters: Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, 1561-83; title: Letters full of marvels: Sultan Murad III of the Ottoman Empire 1579-90; title: Well worth a letter: King Henry IV of France, 1572-1603; title: Mine own hand: King James VI of Scotland, 1580-1603.