Northampton - Patronage and Policy At the Court of James I

First published in 1982, Northampton is a modern study of Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, privy councillor to James I.

List of contents

Preface Introduction: Reassessing the Jacobean Court 1. ‘A Man Obscured’ 2. The Organization of Influence 3. A Jacobean Patronage Network 4. Profit from Office 5. The Jacobean Privy Councillor 6. Advisers on Policy: Scholars and Officeholders 7. Advisers on Policy: The Merchants 8. Administrative Reform and the Problems of Corruption 9. The Jacobean Privy Councillor in Parliament 10. Northampton and Parliamentary Issues, 1604-1614 11. Perspectives Notes Selected Bibliography Index

About the author

Linda Levy Peck

Summary

First published in 1982, Northampton is a modern study of Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, privy councillor to James I.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Levy Peck
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032440958
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244095-8
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, Northamptonshire, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Historical Geography, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, 1603–1649 (Jacobean and Early Stuart period)