Susan Doran
Biographic Data
| ID | 1374849 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Doran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Doran |
| SIGNATURE | DORAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0454-7487 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Book by Many Other Names: Camden’s Annales and Elizabeth I
This essay examines paratexts of the eighteen different editions of Camden’s Annales printed between 1615 and 1717 in England and on the Continent. It argues that the presence or absence of Queen Elizabeth I’s portrait in each edition had an influence on how the book was intended to be read, and shows how illustrators and printers together with the translators changed the genre of the work from an annals or chronicle of the kingdom to a history o…
'The Late Raigne of Blessed Queene Elizabeth'. Memory and Commemoration of Elizabeth I in Early Jacobean England
Memory and Commemoration of Elizabeth I in Early
The Excommunication of Elizabeth I: Faith, Politics, and Resistance in Post-Reformation England, 1570–1603, by Aislinn Muller
Regnans in Excelsis—the 1570 papal bull excommunicating Queen Elizabeth I—is well known to everyone interested in her reign and also mentioned in all textbooks on the English Reformation. Yet, Aislinn Muller’s book is the first to examine in detail and depth its timing, nature and impact. The wider issues she addresses include the level of public interest in the bull, the bull’s influence on the confessionalisation of politics, and how the call f…
Shakespeare, Court Dramatist by Richard Dutton
Review Article| January 01 2020 Shakespeare, Court Dramatist by Richard Dutton Dutton, Richard, Shakespeare, Court Dramatist (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), 333 pp. Susan Doran Susan Doran Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Common Knowledge (2020) 26 (1): 177–178. https://doi.org/10.1215/0961754X-7900108 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Susan Doran; Shakespeare, Court Dramat…
A Jagged Succession
This article contests the received wisdom that James I's accession was smooth and untroubled by revealing the less smooth side - the jagged edge as it were - to both the moment of James I's succession and the early months of his reign. It examines the uncertainty about the new king's title; the short hiatus in effective government; unease about some of James's actions; anxieties raised by the Bye and Main plots; grass-roots political agitation; a…
Gender, Culture, and Politics in England 1560–1640: Turning the World Upside Down, by Susan D. Amussen and David E. Underdown
This book is a work of love, that of Susan Amussen for her late husband David Underdown. Drawing on the notes and drafts (sometimes sketchy) that he left behind at his death in 2009, Amussen completed a book that she ‘would never have started writing’ and ‘David would have never finished writing’, a book that bears her stamp as much as his. Its main theme is the tension between the ideal of harmony and order in early modern England and the fears—…
Peter Lake. Bad Queen Bess? Libels, Secret Histories, and the Politics of Publicity in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Peter Lake’s importance in the historiography of the Elizabethan period is undisputed. He has helped bring Catholics into the mainstream of Elizabethan political history and inserted the “public sphere” into the vocabulary of early modern historians. In Bad Queen Bess? Libels, Secret Histories, and the Politics of Publicity in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Lake encapsulates and extends these two themes. His aim here is to investigate what he se…
The Queen
Ireland - 1 - Security and conquest
The Elizabethan World
Elizabethan World
Britain and the Dutch Revolt 1560–1700
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Elizabeth's Spy Master: Francis Walsingham and the Secret War that Saved England By Robert Hutchinson
The Myth of Elizabeth
Elizabeth I is one of England's most admired and celebrated rulers. She is also one of its most iconic: her image is familiar from paintings, film and television. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary c
Monarchy and Matrimony: The Courtships of Elizabeth I
Monarchy and Matrimony is the first comprehensive study of Elizabeth I's courtships. Susan Doran argues that the cult of the `Virgin Queen' was invented by her ministers, and that Elizabeth was forced into celibacy by political necessity. Doran's detailed examination of the different suits is based on extensive archival research across Europe. Rather than focusing on Elizabeth's personality and image, she views the question within a wider politic…
Elizabeth I's Religion: The Evidence of Her Letters
Scholars have tended to ignore Elizabeth's letters as a potential source for evidence of her religious beliefs, and have turned elsewhere to find a ‘window into her soul’. A few fixed on her personal Book of devotions as the most valuable route into her inner life, since it was generally assumed that she had composed the prayers within it herself. From this kind of evidence, the queen emerged as a deeply pious princess, far different from the pol…
Revenge her Foul and Most Unnatural Murder? The Impact of Mary Stewart’s Execution on Anglo‐Scottish Relations
No sooner had Mary Stewart been put on trial than James VI tried to persuade Elizabeth to pardon or reprieve his mother. His efforts were not half‐hearted or insincere, because of his ambition to secure the English succession, as many historians have suggested. On the contrary, he pursued Mary’s case energetically and forcefully, for he believed that his own personal honour and that of the Scottish nation were at stake. Similarly, concern about t…
Elizabeth I and foreign policy, 1558-1603
Juno versus Diana: The treatment of Elizabeth I's marriage in plays and entertainments, 1561–1581
In the plays and entertainments performed before the queen from 1561 to 1578, the virginity of Elizabeth was not idealized but instead marriage was celebrated as a preferable state to chastity. Robert Dudley in particular commissioned such dramatic works to assist his courtship of the queen, but the earl of Sussex, and possibly others, used masques to press on her the suit of the Archduke Charles of Austria. The iconography of chastity appeared f…
Princes, Pastors and People: The Church and Religion in England 1529-1689
Religion and Politics at the Court of Elizabeth I: The Habsburg marriage negotiations of 1559–1567
Journal Article Religion and Politics at the Court of Elizabeth I: the Habsburg marriage negotiations of 1559–1567 Get access SUSAN DORAN SUSAN DORAN St Mary's CollegeStrawberry Hill Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIV, Issue 413, October 1989, Pages 908–926, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIV.413.908 Published: 01 October 1989
The Finances of an Elizabethan Nobleman and Royal Servant: A Case Study of Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
Journal Article The Finances of an Elizabethan Nobleman and Royal Servant: a Case Study of Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex Get access Susan Doran Susan Doran Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Historical Research, Volume 61, Issue 146, October 1988, Pages 286–300, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1988.tb01067.x Published: 12 October 2007
Religion and Politics at the Court of Elizabeth I: The Habsburg marriage negotiations of 1559–1567
Journal Article Religion and Politics at the Court of Elizabeth I: the Habsburg marriage negotiations of 1559–1567 Get access SUSAN DORAN SUSAN DORAN St Mary's CollegeStrawberry Hill Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIV, Issue 413, October 1989, Pages 908–926, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIV.413.908 Published: 01 October 1989
Juno versus Diana: The treatment of Elizabeth I's marriage in plays and entertainments, 1561–1581
In the plays and entertainments performed before the queen from 1561 to 1578, the virginity of Elizabeth was not idealized but instead marriage was celebrated as a preferable state to chastity. Robert Dudley in particular commissioned such dramatic works to assist his courtship of the queen, but the earl of Sussex, and possibly others, used masques to press on her the suit of the Archduke Charles of Austria. The iconography of chastity appeared f…
Elizabeth I's Religion: The Evidence of Her Letters
Scholars have tended to ignore Elizabeth's letters as a potential source for evidence of her religious beliefs, and have turned elsewhere to find a ‘window into her soul’. A few fixed on her personal Book of devotions as the most valuable route into her inner life, since it was generally assumed that she had composed the prayers within it herself. From this kind of evidence, the queen emerged as a deeply pious princess, far different from the pol…
The Finances of an Elizabethan Nobleman and Royal Servant: A Case Study of Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
Journal Article The Finances of an Elizabethan Nobleman and Royal Servant: a Case Study of Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex Get access Susan Doran Susan Doran Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Historical Research, Volume 61, Issue 146, October 1988, Pages 286–300, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1988.tb01067.x Published: 12 October 2007
A Jagged Succession
This article contests the received wisdom that James I's accession was smooth and untroubled by revealing the less smooth side - the jagged edge as it were - to both the moment of James I's succession and the early months of his reign. It examines the uncertainty about the new king's title; the short hiatus in effective government; unease about some of James's actions; anxieties raised by the Bye and Main plots; grass-roots political agitation; a…
Revenge her Foul and Most Unnatural Murder? The Impact of Mary Stewart’s Execution on Anglo‐Scottish Relations
No sooner had Mary Stewart been put on trial than James VI tried to persuade Elizabeth to pardon or reprieve his mother. His efforts were not half‐hearted or insincere, because of his ambition to secure the English succession, as many historians have suggested. On the contrary, he pursued Mary’s case energetically and forcefully, for he believed that his own personal honour and that of the Scottish nation were at stake. Similarly, concern about t…
The Finances of an Elizabethan Nobleman and Royal Servant: A Case Study of Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
Journal Article The Finances of an Elizabethan Nobleman and Royal Servant: a Case Study of Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex Get access Susan Doran Susan Doran Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Historical Research, Volume 61, Issue 146, October 1988, Pages 286–300, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1988.tb01067.x Published: 12 October 2007
Religion and Politics at the Court of Elizabeth I: The Habsburg marriage negotiations of 1559–1567
Journal Article Religion and Politics at the Court of Elizabeth I: the Habsburg marriage negotiations of 1559–1567 Get access SUSAN DORAN SUSAN DORAN St Mary's CollegeStrawberry Hill Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIV, Issue 413, October 1989, Pages 908–926, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIV.413.908 Published: 01 October 1989
Princes, Pastors and People: The Church and Religion in England 1529-1689
Juno versus Diana: The treatment of Elizabeth I's marriage in plays and entertainments, 1561–1581
In the plays and entertainments performed before the queen from 1561 to 1578, the virginity of Elizabeth was not idealized but instead marriage was celebrated as a preferable state to chastity. Robert Dudley in particular commissioned such dramatic works to assist his courtship of the queen, but the earl of Sussex, and possibly others, used masques to press on her the suit of the Archduke Charles of Austria. The iconography of chastity appeared f…
Elizabeth I's Religion: The Evidence of Her Letters
Scholars have tended to ignore Elizabeth's letters as a potential source for evidence of her religious beliefs, and have turned elsewhere to find a ‘window into her soul’. A few fixed on her personal Book of devotions as the most valuable route into her inner life, since it was generally assumed that she had composed the prayers within it herself. From this kind of evidence, the queen emerged as a deeply pious princess, far different from the pol…
Revenge her Foul and Most Unnatural Murder? The Impact of Mary Stewart’s Execution on Anglo‐Scottish Relations
No sooner had Mary Stewart been put on trial than James VI tried to persuade Elizabeth to pardon or reprieve his mother. His efforts were not half‐hearted or insincere, because of his ambition to secure the English succession, as many historians have suggested. On the contrary, he pursued Mary’s case energetically and forcefully, for he believed that his own personal honour and that of the Scottish nation were at stake. Similarly, concern about t…
Elizabeth I and foreign policy, 1558-1603
Monarchy and Matrimony: The Courtships of Elizabeth I
Monarchy and Matrimony is the first comprehensive study of Elizabeth I's courtships. Susan Doran argues that the cult of the `Virgin Queen' was invented by her ministers, and that Elizabeth was forced into celibacy by political necessity. Doran's detailed examination of the different suits is based on extensive archival research across Europe. Rather than focusing on Elizabeth's personality and image, she views the question within a wider politic…
The Myth of Elizabeth
Elizabeth I is one of England's most admired and celebrated rulers. She is also one of its most iconic: her image is familiar from paintings, film and television. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary c
Elizabeth's Spy Master: Francis Walsingham and the Secret War that Saved England By Robert Hutchinson
The Queen
Ireland - 1 - Security and conquest
The Elizabethan World
Elizabethan World
Britain and the Dutch Revolt 1560–1700
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Peter Lake. Bad Queen Bess? Libels, Secret Histories, and the Politics of Publicity in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Peter Lake’s importance in the historiography of the Elizabethan period is undisputed. He has helped bring Catholics into the mainstream of Elizabethan political history and inserted the “public sphere” into the vocabulary of early modern historians. In Bad Queen Bess? Libels, Secret Histories, and the Politics of Publicity in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Lake encapsulates and extends these two themes. His aim here is to investigate what he se…
Gender, Culture, and Politics in England 1560–1640: Turning the World Upside Down, by Susan D. Amussen and David E. Underdown
This book is a work of love, that of Susan Amussen for her late husband David Underdown. Drawing on the notes and drafts (sometimes sketchy) that he left behind at his death in 2009, Amussen completed a book that she ‘would never have started writing’ and ‘David would have never finished writing’, a book that bears her stamp as much as his. Its main theme is the tension between the ideal of harmony and order in early modern England and the fears—…
Shakespeare, Court Dramatist by Richard Dutton
Review Article| January 01 2020 Shakespeare, Court Dramatist by Richard Dutton Dutton, Richard, Shakespeare, Court Dramatist (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), 333 pp. Susan Doran Susan Doran Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Common Knowledge (2020) 26 (1): 177–178. https://doi.org/10.1215/0961754X-7900108 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Susan Doran; Shakespeare, Court Dramat…
A Jagged Succession
This article contests the received wisdom that James I's accession was smooth and untroubled by revealing the less smooth side - the jagged edge as it were - to both the moment of James I's succession and the early months of his reign. It examines the uncertainty about the new king's title; the short hiatus in effective government; unease about some of James's actions; anxieties raised by the Bye and Main plots; grass-roots political agitation; a…
'The Late Raigne of Blessed Queene Elizabeth'. Memory and Commemoration of Elizabeth I in Early Jacobean England
Memory and Commemoration of Elizabeth I in Early
The Excommunication of Elizabeth I: Faith, Politics, and Resistance in Post-Reformation England, 1570–1603, by Aislinn Muller
Regnans in Excelsis—the 1570 papal bull excommunicating Queen Elizabeth I—is well known to everyone interested in her reign and also mentioned in all textbooks on the English Reformation. Yet, Aislinn Muller’s book is the first to examine in detail and depth its timing, nature and impact. The wider issues she addresses include the level of public interest in the bull, the bull’s influence on the confessionalisation of politics, and how the call f…
A Book by Many Other Names: Camden’s Annales and Elizabeth I
This essay examines paratexts of the eighteen different editions of Camden’s Annales printed between 1615 and 1717 in England and on the Continent. It argues that the presence or absence of Queen Elizabeth I’s portrait in each edition had an influence on how the book was intended to be read, and shows how illustrators and printers together with the translators changed the genre of the work from an annals or chronicle of the kingdom to a history o…
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