Eye of the Crown - The Development and Evolution of the Elizabethan Secret Service

This volume discusses the development of governmental proto-bureaucracy, which led to and was influenced by the inclusion of professional agents and spies in the early modern English government.

List of contents

Introduction: Spycraft and Social Networks in Tudor England 1. New Monarchs, Reformation, and the Start of English Intelligence to 1553 2. Exiles, Diplomats, and William Cecil's Spies, 1553-1570 3. Regnans in Excelsis, the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, and the Foundation of Walsingham's Intelligence Service, 1570-1579 4. Jesuit Priests and Double Agents, 1580-1584 5. The Problem of Mary Queen of Scots, 1585-1587 6. Empire, Armada, and Non-Conformity, 1587-1590 7. Master Secretaries, 1590-1598 8. Kingmaker and Spymaster, 1599-1603 Conclusion: A New King in the Network

About the author

Kristin M.S. Bezio is Associate Professor in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, USA. Her background is in theater and early modern drama, and her publications include Staging Power in Tudor and Stuart History Plays (2015), "'Munday I Sweare Shalbee a Hollidaye': The Politics of Anthony Munday, from Anti-Catholic Spy to Civic Pageanteer (1579-1630)," in Études Anglaises (2018), and the edited volumes William Shakespeare & 21st Century Culture, Politics, and Leadership: Bard Bites with Anthony Presti Russell (2021), and Religion and the Medieval and Early Modern Global Marketplace (2021) and Religion and the Early Modern British Marketplace (2021), both co-edited with Scott Oldenburg.

Summary

This volume discusses the development of governmental proto-bureaucracy, which led to and was influenced by the inclusion of professional agents and spies in the early modern English government.

Product details

• Authors: Kristin M.S. Bezio
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032228310
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222831-0
• No. of pages: 306
• Series: Routledge Research in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; True Crime, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, TRUE CRIME / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, General & world history, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Espionage & secret services, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, Espionage and secret services, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, 1485–1603 (Tudor period)