The first book to examine Elizabeth I as a learned princess, Learned Queen examines Elizabeth's own demonstrations of erudition alongside literary works produced by such political luminaries as Sir Philip Sidney and Robert Devereux, earl of Essex.

LINDA SHENKis an Assistant Professor of English at Iowa State University, USA.

Queen Solomon: Elizabeth I in Christian Prayers and Meditations (1569) A Wise Elizabeth and Her Devoted Diplomats: Sidney's The Lady of May and Anglo-Dutch Relations Queen of God's Word in the Age of the Sword: Elizabeth's Divine Wisdom and Apocalyptic Discourse in the 1580s Philosopher Queen: Elizabeth's Transcendent Wisdom in the 1590s A Loving Scholar of His Queen's Wisdom: The Earl of Essex, Anglo-French Affairs, and Of Love and Self-Love (1595) Afterward: The Foolish Playwright and the Transcendent Queen: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream