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Leicester and the Court Essays on Elizabethan Politics

Adams, Simon
Heftet / 2002 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780719053252
Publisert
2002-03-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Manchester University Press
Vekt
608 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
G, UU, UP, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
432

Forfatter
Adams, Simon

Om bidragsyterne

Simon Adams is Reader in History at the University of Strathclyde

Leicester and the Court Essays on Elizabethan Politics

Adams, Simon
Heftet / 2002 / Engelsk
Adams, Simon
Heftet / 2002 / Engelsk
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Now back in print, this comprehensive collection of essays by Simon Adams brings to life the most enigmatic of Elizabethans--Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Adams, famous for the unique depth and breadth of his research, has gathered here his most important essays looking at the Elizabethan Court, and the adventures and legacy of the Earl.Together with his edition of Leicester's accounts and his reconstruction of Leicester's papers, Adams has published much upon on Leicester's influence and activities. His work has reshaped our knowledge of Elizabeth and her Court, Parliament, and such subjects of recent debate as the power of the nobility and the noble affinity, the politics of faction and the role of patronage. Sixteen essays are found in this collection, organized into three groups: the Court, Leicester and his affinity, and Leicester and the regions. This volume will be essential reading for academics and students interested in the Elizabethan Court and in early modern British politics more generally.
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A collection of sixteen essays by Simon Adams on Elizabethan history, centring around Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
Introduction1. Faction, clientage and party: English politics, 1550–16032. Eliza enthroned? The Court and its politics3. Favourites and their factions at the Elizabethan Court4. The patronage of the crown in Elizabethan politics: the 1550s in perspective5. The Eltonian legacy: politics6. The Court as an economic institution7. Queen Elizabeth’s eyes at Court: The Earl of Leicester8. The Dudley clientele, 1553–639. A Puritan crusade? The composition of Leicester’s expedition to the Netherlands, 1585–8610. The Dudley clientele and the House of Commons, 1559–8611. A godly peer? Leicester and the Puritans12. The gentry of north Wales and Leicester’s expedition to the Netherlands, 1585–8613. The Composition of 1564 and Leicester’s tenurial reformation in the lordship of Denbigh14. Office-holders of the borough of Denbigh and the lordships of Denbighshire in the reign of Elizabeth I15. ‘Because I am of that countrye & mynde to plant myself there’: Leicester and the West Midlands16. Baronial contexts? Continutity and change in the noble affinity, 1400–1600Index
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Now back in print, this comprehensive collection of essays by Simon Adams brings to life the most enigmatic of Elizabethans--Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Adams, famous for the unique depth and breadth of his research, has gathered here his most important essays looking at the Elizabethan Court, and the adventures and legacy of the Earl.Together with his edition of Leicester's accounts and his reconstruction of Leicester's papers, Adams has published much upon on Leicester's influence and activities. His work has reshaped our knowledge of Elizabeth and her Court, Parliament, and such subjects of recent debate as the power of the nobility and the noble affinity, the politics of faction and the role of patronage. Sixteen essays are found in this collection, organized into three groups: the Court, Leicester and his affinity, and Leicester and the regions. This volume will be essential reading for academics and students interested in the Elizabethan Court and in early modern British politics more generally.
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A collection of sixteen essays by Simon Adams on Elizabethan history, centring around Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
Introduction1. Faction, clientage and party: English politics, 1550–16032. Eliza enthroned? The Court and its politics3. Favourites and their factions at the Elizabethan Court4. The patronage of the crown in Elizabethan politics: the 1550s in perspective5. The Eltonian legacy: politics6. The Court as an economic institution7. Queen Elizabeth’s eyes at Court: The Earl of Leicester8. The Dudley clientele, 1553–639. A Puritan crusade? The composition of Leicester’s expedition to the Netherlands, 1585–8610. The Dudley clientele and the House of Commons, 1559–8611. A godly peer? Leicester and the Puritans12. The gentry of north Wales and Leicester’s expedition to the Netherlands, 1585–8613. The Composition of 1564 and Leicester’s tenurial reformation in the lordship of Denbigh14. Office-holders of the borough of Denbigh and the lordships of Denbighshire in the reign of Elizabeth I15. ‘Because I am of that countrye & mynde to plant myself there’: Leicester and the West Midlands16. Baronial contexts? Continutity and change in the noble affinity, 1400–1600Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780719053252
Publisert
2002-03-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Manchester University Press
Vekt
608 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
G, UU, UP, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
432

Forfatter
Adams, Simon

Om bidragsyterne

Simon Adams is Reader in History at the University of Strathclyde

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