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Susan Doran
Susan Doran is a Professor of Early Modern British History at the University of Oxford, a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, and a Lecturer at St John’s College. All her research centres on Tudor monarchs, except for her forthcoming book From Tudor to Stuart which covers the period 1603-12. Overall, she has written twelve books and edited or co-edited another ten, including four catalogues for major exhibitions. Before coming to teach in Oxford in 2002, she taught at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, and earlier still at St Paul’s Girls’ School. She studied for her BA in History at St Anne’s College, Oxford, and her doctorate at UCL.
Courses
Examine contemporary pictures and texts to assess the political, religious, and cultural achievements of Elizabeth I’s 45-year reign. Well known figures, such as Mary Queen of Scots, Walter Raleigh and Shakespeare also make an appearance.