Joel Hurstfield

The Queen's Wards

Wardship and Marriage under Elizabeth I

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1958, this reissue of The Queen's Wards from 1973 remains a significant contribution to the history of society and government in Elizabethan England. The concept of wardship reached its zenith in Elizabethan times, when it was used as a powerful weapon in the raising of revenues and in controlling the aristocracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781032468075
• ISBN-10: 1032468076
• Artikelnr.: 69948913

Autorenporträt

Joel Hurstfield

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction: Feudalism Declining. Part I: The Revival of Royal
Wardship 1. Feudalism Resurgent 2. Resistance Part II: Procedure 3.
Discovering a Wardship 4. Suitors for Wards 5. The Grant of a Ward 6.
Private Wardship Part III: Wardship and Society 7. Guardians and Wards 8.
Marriage 9. Coming of Age 10. Corruption Part IV: The Rule of the Cecils
11. Offices and Office Holders 12. Lord Burghley as Guardian 13. Lord
Burghley as Master 14. The Vacant Mastership 15. Sir Robert Cecil Part V:
Conclusion 16. Wardship and the Government of England. Index.