{"product_id":"the-portable-queen-elizabeth-i-and-the-politics-of-ceremony-paperback","title":"The Portable Queen: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Ceremony - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Hill Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery spring and summer of her forty-four years as queen, Elizabeth I (1533-1603) insisted that her court go \"on progress,\" a series of royal visits to towns and aristocratic homes in southern England. These trips provided the only direct contact most people had with a monarch who made popularity a cornerstone of her reign. Public appearances gave the queen a stage on which to interact with her subjects in a calculated effort to keep their support. The progresses were both emblematic of Elizabeth's rule and intrinsic to her ability to govern. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, Mary Hill Cole provides a detailed analysis of the progresses. Drawing on royal household accounts, ministerial correspondence, county archives, corporation records, and family papers, she examines the effects of the visits on the queen's household and government, the individual and civic hosts, and the monarchy of the Virgin Queen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cole places the progresses in the sixteenth-century world of politics and images, where the queen and her hosts exchanged ceremonial messages that advanced their own agendas. The heart of the progresses was the blend of politics, socializing, and ceremony that enabled the queen to accomplish royal business on the move while satisfying the needs of those courtiers, townspeople, and country residents who welcomed her into their communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While all Renaissance monarchs engaged in occasional travel, in Elizabeth's case the progresses provided the settings in which she crafted her royal authority. Although the trips inconvenienced the government and strained her treasury, Elizabeth found power in the turmoil of an itinerant court and in a continuing ceremonial dialogue with her subjects.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEVERY spring and summer of her forty-four years as queen, Elizabeth I (1533-1603) insisted that her court go \"on progress\", a series of royal visits to towns and aristocratic homes in southern England. These trips provided the only direct contract contact most people had with a monarch who made popularity a cornerstone of her reign. Public appearances gave the queen a stage on which to interact with her subjects in a calculated effort to keep their support. The progresses were both emblematic of Elizabeth's rule and intrinsic to her ability to govern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Mary Hill Cole provides a detailed analysis of the progresses. Drawing on royal household accounts, ministerial correspondence, county archives, corporation records, and family papers, she examines the effects of the visits on the queen's household and government, the individual and civic hosts, and the monarchy of the Virgin Queen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCole places the progresses in the sixteenth-century world of politics and images, where the queen and her hosts exchanged ceremonial messages that advanced their own agendas. The heart of the progresses was the blend of politics, socializing, and ceremony that enabled the queen to accomplish royal business on the move while satisfying the needs of those courtiers, townspeople, and country residents who welcomed her into their communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll Renaissance monarchs engaged in occasional travel, but in Elizabeth's case the progresses provided the settings in which she crafted her royal authority. Although the trips inconvenienced the government and strained her treasury, Elizabeth found power in the turmoil of an itinerant court and in a continuing ceremonial dialogue with her subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Hill Cole is professor of history at Mary Baldwin College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51801533677856,"sku":"9781558498679","price":66.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d5332441b152c1f22ec321c6c40a6f88.webp?v=1780840365","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-portable-queen-elizabeth-i-and-the-politics-of-ceremony-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}