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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Russian History</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Russian History</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: История России</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8674</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-8690</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">22315</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8674-2019-18-4-938-961</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Ivan IV and Elizabeth I: The influence of the Tsar’s matrimonial endeavours on the development of Russo-English relations</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Иван IV и Елизавета I: влияние матримониальных проектов царя на развитие русско-английских отношений</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Gross</surname><given-names>George W.C.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гросс</surname><given-names>Джордж</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Theology, Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London University. He is a co-convener at ‘The Religious History of Britain, 1500-1800’ seminar held at the Institute of Historical Research in London.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор теологических наук (PhD), научный сотрудник Королевского колледжа Лондона. Является одним из организаторов семинара «Религиозная история Британии, 1500-1800», проводимого в Институте исторических исследований в Лондоне.</p></bio><email>george.gross@kcl.ac.uk</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">King’s College London</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Королевский колледж Лондона</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2019-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>18</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">RUSSIA AND CHINA</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">РОССИЯ И КИТАЙ</issue-title><fpage>938</fpage><lpage>961</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2019-12-02"><day>02</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2019, Gross G.W.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2019, Гросс Д.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2019</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Gross G.W.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Гросс Д.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/22315">https://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/22315</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Did Ivan the Terrible1 propose a marriage alliance with Elizabeth I of England? Did he ever seek an alternative English bride? Was the Tsar truly serious about an English match? Historians have long been divided on whether Ivan the Terrible ever formally sought out to marry the Queen of England - this article reveals that a marriage proposal may indeed have been proﬀered to Elizabeth I, but was not formally written down. The evidence for this is found by focussing on the contextual background of their relations, the long-term realpolitik of the Tsar with England, including his marriage attempts to a relation of the English Queen in the 1580s, and the work of the ambassador Anthony Jenkinson, as an intermediary between Ivan and Elizabeth. In investigating these points, the close diplomatic relations of the two countries in the late sixteenth century and the extraordinarily favourable trading terms oﬀered by Ivan IV to English merchants in the form of the Muscovy Company will also be examined. In addition, the diﬀerences and similarities of the perceptions of the two monarchies will be touched upon2. Perhaps most intriguingly for the present, research in this period reveals a time in which the two countries experienced a ‘friendliness’ in diplomatic and trading relations that has never been repeated since and would seem unthinkable today.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье рассматривается проблема матримониальных намерений русского царя Ивана Грозного, не раз обращавшегося к английской королеве Елизавете I с предложением брачного союза. Прежде всего, на основании выявленных источников и английской историографии выясняется реальность существования этих планов, опровергается существующее в литературе предположение об их мифологичности. При этом прослеживается влияние брачных проектов на развитие русско-английских отношений, устанавливается, что периодическое возвращение Ивана IV к идее династического союза было сопряжено с ухудшением дел как в самой России, так и на международной арене. Возможный брак с английской королевой рассматривался русским монархом как средство не только укрепления собственной власти, но и выхода России из международной изоляции. В статье обращается внимание на то, что развитие тесных дипломатических отношений между двумя странами способствовало предоставлению Иваном IV английским купцам торговых преференций. Это «невиданное» в прошлом и «немыслимое» сегодня «дружелюбие» даже дало основание русским боярам называть Ивана Грозного «английским царем». Деятельность же Московской компании, внесшей немалый вклад в процветание английской экономики, станет ориентиром для многих торговых предприятий, заложивших основу величия Великобритании. Однако после отказа Елизаветы I от предложения «руки и сердца» московского правителя, вызванного, прежде всего, политическими соображениями, а также различным пониманием роли монарха, английские купцы утратили свое привилегированное положение в России, а отношения между двумя странами больше никогда не подымались на уровень, достигнутый в середине ХVI в. Следует заметить, что часть исследователей к причинам королевского неприятия брачного проекта относят серьезные цивилизационные различия, существовавшие между двумя странами, проявлявшиеся, например, в многоженстве, жестокосердии и деспотизме русского царя. Интерес представляют и выявленные в статье особенности в восприятии двумя монархами природы своей власти. Так, разгневанный отказом Елизаветы, русский царь упрекал ее за согласие с ограничением королевской власти «торговыми людьми», а свое превосходство видел в самодержавном характере правления.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>correspondence of Ivan the Terrible</kwd><kwd>Muscovy</kwd><kwd>Muscovy Company</kwd><kwd>Richard Chancellor</kwd><kwd>East India Company</kwd><kwd>Jerome Horsey</kwd><kwd>Anthony Jenkinson</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Московская компания</kwd><kwd>переписка Ивана Грозного</kwd><kwd>Ост-Индская компания</kwd><kwd>Джером Горсей</kwd><kwd>Ричард Ченслер</kwd><kwd>Энтони Дженкинсон</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Abramova, N. “English Silver of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries in the Kremlin.” In Britannia and Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars, 36-45. 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