Exploring Russia in the Elizabethan commonwealth :
Stout, Felicity Jane,
Exploring Russia in the Elizabethan commonwealth : the Muscovy Company and Giles Fletcher, the Elder (1546-1611) / Felicity Jane Stout. - 1 online resource (xiii, 251 pages) : illustrations. - Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain . - Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An adventuring commonwealth: English mercantile and diplomatic encounters with Russia, 1553-88 -- A commonwealths-man in Russia: Giles Fletcher's early career and embassies -- Creating a feigned commonwealth: Fletcher's response to Russia -- A corrupted commonwealth: Fletcher's representation of Russia -- A commonwealth counseled: Russia's resonances in late Elizabethan England -- A controversial commonwealth: censorship, poetry and Fletcher's late career -- Conclusion. Thinking with Russia, writing English commonwealth.
Exploring Russia in the Elizabethan Commonwealth tells the story of English relations with Russia, from the 'strange and wonderfull discoverie' of the land and Elizabeth I's correspondence with Ivan the Terrible, to the corruption of the Muscovy Company and the Elizabethan regime's censorship of politically sensitive representations of Russia. Focusing on the life and works of Giles Fletcher, the elder, ambassador to Russia in 1588, this work explores two popular themes in Elizabethan history: exploration, travel and trade and late Elizabethan political culture. By analysing the pervasive languages of commonwealth, corruption and tyranny found in both the Muscovy Company accounts and in Fletcher's writings on Russia, this monograph explores how Russia was a useful tool for Elizabethans to think with when they contemplated the nature of government and the changing face of monarchy in the late Elizabethan regime. It will appeal to academics and students of Elizabethan political culture and literary studies, as well as those of early modern travel and trade.
9781784996871 1784996874
22573/ctt18dz3k2 JSTOR
018363846 Uk
Fletcher, Giles, 1549?-1611.
Fletcher, Giles, 1549?-1611.
Fletcher, Giles, 1549?-1611.
1533-1613
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--General.
HISTORY--Russia & the Former Soviet Union.--Europe
Diplomatic relations.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Russia.
Russia--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Russia--History--1533-1613.
Great Britain.
Russia.
Electronic books.
History.
DA47.65
327.41047
Exploring Russia in the Elizabethan commonwealth : the Muscovy Company and Giles Fletcher, the Elder (1546-1611) / Felicity Jane Stout. - 1 online resource (xiii, 251 pages) : illustrations. - Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain . - Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An adventuring commonwealth: English mercantile and diplomatic encounters with Russia, 1553-88 -- A commonwealths-man in Russia: Giles Fletcher's early career and embassies -- Creating a feigned commonwealth: Fletcher's response to Russia -- A corrupted commonwealth: Fletcher's representation of Russia -- A commonwealth counseled: Russia's resonances in late Elizabethan England -- A controversial commonwealth: censorship, poetry and Fletcher's late career -- Conclusion. Thinking with Russia, writing English commonwealth.
Exploring Russia in the Elizabethan Commonwealth tells the story of English relations with Russia, from the 'strange and wonderfull discoverie' of the land and Elizabeth I's correspondence with Ivan the Terrible, to the corruption of the Muscovy Company and the Elizabethan regime's censorship of politically sensitive representations of Russia. Focusing on the life and works of Giles Fletcher, the elder, ambassador to Russia in 1588, this work explores two popular themes in Elizabethan history: exploration, travel and trade and late Elizabethan political culture. By analysing the pervasive languages of commonwealth, corruption and tyranny found in both the Muscovy Company accounts and in Fletcher's writings on Russia, this monograph explores how Russia was a useful tool for Elizabethans to think with when they contemplated the nature of government and the changing face of monarchy in the late Elizabethan regime. It will appeal to academics and students of Elizabethan political culture and literary studies, as well as those of early modern travel and trade.
9781784996871 1784996874
22573/ctt18dz3k2 JSTOR
018363846 Uk
Fletcher, Giles, 1549?-1611.
Fletcher, Giles, 1549?-1611.
Fletcher, Giles, 1549?-1611.
1533-1613
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--General.
HISTORY--Russia & the Former Soviet Union.--Europe
Diplomatic relations.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Russia.
Russia--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Russia--History--1533-1613.
Great Britain.
Russia.
Electronic books.
History.
DA47.65
327.41047