Islam and the Elizabethans
In Elizabethan times, England's relationship with Islam was not only extensive but often amicable. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Professor Jerry Brotton about a cultural engagement that inspired scores of plays including Shakespeare's ...
Not Just the Tudors · History Hit
September 13, 202153m 21s
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Show Notes
<p>Elizabeth I's excommunication by the Pope in 1570 marked the beginning of an extraordinary - and little talked about - English alignment with Muslim powers that were fighting Catholic Spain in the Mediterranean. This engagement with, and awareness of, Islam found its way into scores of plays, including Shakespeare's <em>Othello</em>.</p><br><p>In this edition of <em>Not Just the Tudors</em>, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Professor Jerry Brotton about England's fascinating relations with the Muslim world, which were far more extensive, and often more amicable, than we might think.</p>
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