Description
| Product ID: | 9780750997546 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Gloriana |
| Subtitle: | Elizabeth I and the Art of Queenship |
| Authors: | Author: Linda Collins, Siobhan Clarke |
| Subjects: | History of art, Renaissance art, Biography: royalty, European history, History, Political control and freedoms, Biography: royalty, British & Irish history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Propaganda, England |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The story of England's first great queen - and how she wielded power with a meticulously crafted image In a Reformation kingdom ill-used to queens, Elizabeth I needed a very particular image to hold her divided country together. The ‘Cult of Gloriana’ would elevate the queen to the status of a virgin goddess, aided by authors, musicians, and artists such as Spenser, Shakespeare, Hilliard, Tallis and Byrd. Her image was widely owned and distributed, thanks to the expansion of printing, and the English came to surpass their European counterparts in miniature painting, allowing courtiers to carry a likeness of their sovereign close to their hearts. |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-06-16 |