Paul E. J. Hammer (Australia University of New England)

The Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics

The Political Career of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 1585 1597

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Produktbeschreibung

The Earl of Essex was the last great favourite of Elizabeth I. Using an unparalleled range of sources, this revisionist 1999 study presents a picture of Essex and of the outbreak of faction in Elizabethan politics.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 796g
• ISBN-13: 9780521434850
• ISBN-10: 0521434858
• Artikelnr.: 21883778

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: 'A playboy of the western world'?
Part I. Into the Fateful Circle: 1585-92: 1. 'My lord of Essex'
2. 'Yowr sonne most ready to doe yowr service'
3. 'To whom muche is geven ...'
Part II. The Quest for Greatness: 1593-7: 4. 'One of her Majestie's privy councillors'
5. 'Matters of intelligence'
6. 'The shepheard of Albion's Arcadia'
7. 'My lord of Essex and his men'
8. 'Your Majestie's creture and vassall'
9. 'Yf we lyved not in a cunning world ...'
Conclusion: 'A greater worke then ever any gentleman'
Bibliography.