TY - BOOK ID - 77901926 TI - Monarchy and matrimony PY - 1996 SN - 113481190X 1280069295 0203430735 0203293401 9780203293409 9780203430736 9780415119696 0415119693 9786610069293 6610069298 9781134811908 9781134811854 1134811853 9781134811892 1134811896 9780415756501 0415756502 9781280069291 0203738977 9780203738979 PB - London New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Courtship KW - Monarchy KW - Queens KW - Kingdom (Monarchy) KW - Executive power KW - Political science KW - Royalists KW - Courting KW - Wooing KW - Betrothal KW - Love KW - Love-letters KW - Marriage KW - History KW - Elizabeth KW - Elisabeth KW - Great Britain KW - Foreign relations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77901926 AB - Monarchy and Matrimony is the first comprehensive study of Elizabeth I's courtships. Susan Doran argues that the cult of the `Virgin Queen' was invented by her ministers, and that Elizabeth was forced into celibacy by political necessity. Doran's detailed examination of the different suits is based on extensive archival research across Europe. Rather than focusing on Elizabeth's personality and image, she views the question within a wider political and religious context. She shows how the question of Elizabeth's marriage was divisive for England, affecting both political life and international relations, and provoking popular propaganda in the form of plays, poetry and paintings. ER -