Exploring Russia in the Elizabethan Commonwealth
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censorship
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colonization
commonwealth
corruption
diplomacy
diplomatic negotiations
Elizabethan regime
English mercantile contact
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Giles Fletcher
late Elizabethan political culture
Muscovy Company
political consciences
politically sensitive representations
religious consciences
resonances
Russia
trade relations
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- ISBN 9780719097003
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2015
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Felicity Jane Stout is the De Velling Willis Fellow in History at the University of Sheffield
