Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics - The Political Career of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 1585-1597

Klappentext A revisionist account of the career of Elizabeth I's 'favourite'! the 2nd Earl of Essex. Zusammenfassung The Earl of Essex was the last great favourite of Elizabeth I. Using an unparalleled range of sources! this revisionist 1999 study presents a picture of Essex and of the outbreak of faction in Elizabethan politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction: 'A playboy of the western world'?; Part I. Into the Fateful Circle: 1585-92: 1. 'My lord of Essex'; 2. 'Yowr sonne most ready to doe yowr service'; 3. 'To whom muche is geven ...'; Part II. The Quest for Greatness: 1593-7: 4. 'One of her Majestie's privy councillors'; 5. 'Matters of intelligence'; 6. 'The shepheard of Albion's Arcadia'; 7. 'My lord of Essex and his men'; 8. 'Your Majestie's creture and vassall'; 9. 'Yf we lyved not in a cunning world ...'; Conclusion: 'A greater worke then ever any gentleman'; Bibliography.

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• Autori: Paul E. J. Hammer, Paul E.J. Hammer
• Con la collaborazione di: Anthony Fletcher (Editore), John Guy (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.09.2005
• EAN: 9780521019415
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01941-5
• Pagine: 468
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval