Reign of Elizabeth 1

CAROLE LEVIN is Professor of History at the University of Nebraska and the author of The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power and Propaganda in the English Reformation: Heroic and Villainous Images of King John. She has held fellowships at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Newberry Library.

• IntroductionOverview of Elizabeth's life and reignReligious Divides and the Religious SettlementEngland's relations with others in the first part of the reignEngland's relations with others in the last part of the reignPlots, conspiracies and the successionCulture and difference at the end of the reignBibliography.

'A concise guide to Elizabeth's life, Levin's book describes the Queen's complex web of alliances and personages, without losing the reader. The Reign of Elizabeth is recommended reading for anyone interested in a user-friendly look at England's most famous queen.' - Renaissance Magazine '...a brief, well-written overview of Elizabeth's political, religious and cultural significance.' - Publisher's Weekly '...a short but well-annotated volume to clarify the history of this famous Queen...' - Barbara Friedmann, Renaissance Magazine '...she has succeeded in providing students and instructors with a lively and interesting new text.' - Victoria de la Torre, Albion 'This brief study, which synthesizes the recent work of many Elizabethan scholars, is an extremely useful introduction to the reign of this queen.' - Retha M. Warnicke, Renaissance Quarterly 'Levin is a skillful weaver of the threads of politics, religion and culture together into an interesting tapestry which insightfully shows us the extent of the research which has been done on the Elizabethan age in the past two decades.' - Robert J.Mueller, Sixteenth Century Journal