What is expansion during the rule of england by elizabeth?
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That prose passage illustrates that for 21st-century readers, The
Expansion of Eli~abethan England is history twice over: we read it not
only to study late Tudor England, but also to remind ourselves how
historians wrote half a century ago. There has been a huge change
since then, and Rowse's tone is as unfamiliar to a modern audience
as the commentary from a Pathe newsreel. Rowse has many purple passages. My reactions to them ranged from admiration to amuse- ment and then to impatience. His tone can be haughty and conde-
scending. The work is vastly opinionated, which may be good or
bad according to taste. What cannot be denied is that the story is
well told. The reader is constantly engaged, and the source material
is skilfully folded in so as to provide compelling reinforcement to
his arguments.
Reading The Expansion of Eli~abethan England renewed my
appreciation of the profound influence of the enlargement during
that period on all subsequent development in Britain, and espe-
cially on our role in the world. The place names that recur through
our history are often those that were explored or colonised, or
brought into trading relations with England, by Francis Drake,
Walter Ralegh, John Hawkins, Ralph Fitch, John Newbery,
Anthony Jenkinson and countless others. It was an extraordinary
period when so many brave men clamoured to make their name
and fortune by pushing their ships beyond the limits of what was
known and understood.