Strangers Settled Here Amongst Us: Policies, Perceptions and the Presence of Aliens in Elizabethan England

by Laura Hunt Yungblut

Overview

During the reign of Elizabeth I, large numbers of aliens immigrated into England for various reasons, most notably to escape religious persecution and the wars that wrecked the Continent in the sixteenth century. Much like governments facing immigration issues today, England's governors struggled to strike a balance between the potentially beneficial and the potentially dangerous aspects of the aliens' presence.
Strangers Settled Here Amongst Us focuses on the link between the aliens, native English and the central government. It explores policies and attitudes, bringing new perspectives to familiar documents as well as introducing documents rarely seen in the subject's scholarship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134976393
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/02/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	190
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Laura Hunt Yungblut

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 ‘Strangers Settled Here’; Chapter 2 Dichotomies in English Attitudes Toward the Aliens; Chapter 3 The Presence of Aliens and Government Policy in the Reign of Elizabeth I; Chapter 4 Aliens, Policy, and the Elizabethan Economy; Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

'An effective introduction to a number of vital aspects of Elizabethan administration, life and work.' - vol 18 1996 (publ. 1997)

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