9789004426009


Parution : 04/2020
Editeur : Brill
EAN : 9789004425996
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The Excommunication of Elizabeth I

Faith, Politics, and Resistance in Post-Reformation England, 1570-1603

Aislinn Muller

Présentation de l'éditeur

In The Excommunication of Elizabeth I, Aislinn Muller examines the excommunication and deposition of Queen Elizabeth I of England by the Roman Catholic Church, and its political afterlife during her reign. Muller shows that Elizabeth’s excommunication was a crucial turning point for both Catholics and Protestants, one that irrevocably changed attitudes towards the queen, widened political participation and resistance, and posed a destabilising threat to her regime. The Excommunication of Elizabeth I demonstrates how this event exacerbated religious tensions in England’s foreign and domestic politics, and how Elizabeth’s conflict with the papacy shaped the development of anti-Catholicism in post-Reformation England.

 

Sommaire

Introduction
 
The Excommunication of Elizabeth I in International Politics
 
Transmitting the Excommunication of Elizabeth I
 
Spreading the Word? Regnans in Excelsis in Protestant Discourse
 
The Excommunication in Foreign and Domestic Policy
 
Political Engagement, Subversion, and Resistance in England and Ireland
 
Conclusion

St Andrews Studies in Reformation History , 192 pages.  125,00 €