The Early Elizabethan Polity

By - Alford, Stephen, 1970-

Floor - Floor 4

Published - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1998

ISBN 10 - 0521622182

ISBN 13 - 9780521622189

Book Status - 3 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Great Britain

Shelf No - 3

Call Number - 942.05 ALF

Physical Description - xii, 271 pages ; 24 cm

Notes - Includes Index

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Traditionally historians have argued that the court of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) was factional, divided among competing subjects who were manipulated by their Queen. This book provides a different account: of councilors who were united by two connected dangers, namely Catholic opposition to Protestant England and Elizabeth's refusal to marry or to settle England's succession. Working from the papers of the Queen's secretary, William Cecil, the author has set this crisis in the context of events in Scotland, Ireland and mainland Europe, and has explored fully the long-term political impact of this succession crisis in the 1560s.

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