Early Elizabethan Polity - William Cecil and the British Succession Crisis, 1558-1569

Klappentext An alternative account of the so-called 'succession crisis' in the first decade of the reign of Elizabeth I. Zusammenfassung An alternative account of the so-called 'succession crisis' in the first decade of the reign of Elizabeth I. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. William Cecil and early Elizabethan political culture; 2. The politics of Britain and the development of the British succession crisis, 1558-1559; 3. Anglo-British negotiations for a settlement, 1560-1563; 4. New Tudor politics and the domestic impact of the succession issue, 1560-1563; 5. The Darnley marriage and weaknesses in the Elizabethan polity, 1564-1566; 6. Cecil, parliament and the succession, 1566-1567; 7. Cecil's proposal for the settlement of Britain, 1567-1568; 8. The crisis of 1569 and an alternative remedy; Conclusion: the early Elizabethan polity; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Stephen Alford, Stephen (University of Cambridge) Alford, Alford Stephen
• Mitarbeit: Anthony Fletcher (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 20.06.2002
• EAN: 9780521892858
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89285-8
• Seiten: 288
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History; Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte