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.

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• Authors: Stephen Alford, Stephen (University of Cambridge) Alford, Alford Stephen
• Assisted by: Anthony Fletcher (Editor), John Guy (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.09.1998
• EAN: 9780521622189
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62218-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval