The Foreign Relations of Elizabeth I

This collection brings together provocative essays examining various facets of Elizabethan foreign affairs, encompassing England and The British Isles, continental Europe, and the Islamic world. As an entirely domestic queen who never physically left her realm, Elizabeth I cast an inordinately large shadow internationally. The essays in this volume collectively reveal a ruler and her kingdom more connected and integrated into the wider world than is usually acknowledged in conventional studies of Elizabethan foreign affairs.

“Covering a wide range of topics—from Elizabeth I’s exchanges with the rulers of Morocco, Persia, and Russia to the representation of piracy on the English stage—this collection of essays offers fresh and lively perspectives on the queen’s diplomacy and England’s foreign relations. The authors do a fine job of integrating issues of gender with England’s commercial and strategic interests.”—Susan Doran, Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, University of Cambridge and Director of Studies in History at Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford

“This is one of the most interesting books on Elizabeth I’s international relations to appear for some time. It introduces new material and takes our view of the Elizabethan regime’s diplomacy and cultural relations well beyond Europe, where enquiries to date have largely been contained. The book opens a dialogue between the traditionally separate spheres of foreign and domestic policy-making, offering new and interesting perspectives on the importance of domestic public opinion, commercial imperatives and works of literature”—Glenn Richardson, Reader in Early-Modern History, St Mary’s University College, UK

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