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)

9781108019125, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 October 2010

530 pages
21.6 x 3 x 14 cm, 0.67 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 2 covers the period from 1571 to Elizabeth's death in 1603. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=aikilu

18. 1571 to 1573
19. 1573 to 1577
20. 1577 to 1582
21. 1582 to 1587
22. 1587 and 1588
23. From 1588 to 1591
24. From 1591 to 1593
25. From 1593 to 1597
26. 1595 to 1598
27. 1597 and 1598
28. 1599 to 1603
On the domestic architecture of the reign of Elizabeth
Index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]