Queen Elizabeth I, her pirate adventurers, and the dawn of empire
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Ronald, Susan
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- Gr BR 9 ELI 2008
- Thesaurus
- vorstenhuizen, oorlog en vrede, veiligheid, handel, macht, beleid, Verenigd Koninkrijk, wereld, 16e eeuw, biografie
- Description
- Queen Elizabeth I was called 'the pirate Queen' by the Vatican and Spain's Philip II, because in creating an empire she employed a network of merchants and adventurers, as a source of information and finance. In this book the historian Susan Ronald presents Elizabeth Tudor as a person and a monarch, who, using her talents and intelligence, remained in power at her own court, and gained world power for England. With a select bibliographical essay on the sources Ronald used, many of which are original, and include the queen's personal letters.