Elizabeth I's Foreign Correspondence Letters, Rhetoric, and Politics

Though Elizabeth I never left England, she wrote extensively to correspondents abroad, and these letters were of central importance to the politics of the period. This volume presents the findings of a major international research project on this correspondence, including newly edited translations of 15 of Elizabeth's letters in foreign languages.

List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations A Note on Style Introduction Part I Manuscripts, Secretaries and Scribes 1. Manuscripts, Secretaries, and Scribes: The Production of Diplomatic Letters at Court Angela Andreani Part II Elizabeth's French Correspondence 2. Six Holograph Letters in French from Elizabeth I to the Duke of Anjou: Texts and Analysis Guillaume Coatalen and Jonathan Gibson 3. 'Dedans la plie de mon fidelle affection': Familiarity and Materiality in Elizabeth's Letters to Anjou Jonathan Gibson Part III Elizabeth's Italian Correspondence 4. 'Perfit readiness': Elizabeth Learning and Using Italian Alessandra Petrina 5. Three Holograph Italian Letters from Elizabeth I to Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor: Texts and Analysis Carlo M. Bajetta 6. Elizabeth's Italian: Linguistic Standards and Interlingual Interference Gianmario Raimondi 7. Elizabeth's Italian: Rhetorical and Semantic Constructions Giuliana Iannaccaro Part IV Correspondence with Germany, the East and Ireland 8. Elizabeth's Correspondence with the Protestant Princes of the Empire, 1558 1586 David Scott Gehring 9. The Virgin Queen and the Son of Heaven: Elizabeth I's Letters to Wan-li, Emperor of China Rayne Allinson 10. Letters to Ireland: Queen Elizabeth to Essex, 1599 Monica Santini Selected Bibliography

Rayne Allinson, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA Angela Andreani, University of Sussex, UK Carlo M. Bajetta, Università della Valle d'Aosta - Université de la Vallée d'Aoste, Italy Guillaume Coatalen, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, France David Scott Gehring, University of Nottingham, UK Jonathan Gibson, The Open University, UK Giuliana Iannaccaro, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Alessandra Petrina, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy Gianmario Raimondi, Università della Valle d'Aosta, Italy Monica Santini, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy