Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth

A vivid account of the Elizabethan court from a social and artistic perspective, focusing particularly on the role of women.

Lucy Aikin (Author)

9781108019118, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 October 2010

502 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.63 kg

Lucy Aikin (1791–1864) was a prolific writer of educational and historical works. She was a highly educated woman, influenced by her aunt, the educationalist and writer Anna Laetitia Barbauld. First published in 1818 and subsequently reprinted, Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth focuses on the art, literature, manners and morals of the period, with brief biographies of important individuals. Drawing on published sources rather than archival material, it is a clear and readable narrative that reveals the author's critical insight. This social and personal rather than political approach to history was shared by many nineteenth-century women writers, who stressed the role of women in history, rather than relegating them to the sidelines as most male historians did. Volume 1 covers the period from Elizabeth's birth in 1536 to 1570. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=aikilu

Preface
1. 1533 to 1536
2. 1536 to 1542
3. 1542 to 1547
4. 1547 to 1549
5. 1549 to 1553
6. 1553 and 1554
7. 1554 and 1555
8. 1555 to 1558
9. 1558 and 1559
10. 1559
11. 1560
12. 1560
13. 1561
14. 1561 to 1565
15. 1565 and 1566
16. 1567 and 1568
17. 1568 to 1570.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]