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The Early Elizabethan Polity: William Cecil and the British Succession Crisis, 1558-1569
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Early Elizabethan Polity: William Cecil and the British Succession Crisis, 1558-1569
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Stephen Alford
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| Series | Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:288 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | British and Irish History
World history - c 1500 to c 1750 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521892858
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| Classifications | Dewey:942.055 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
20 June 2002 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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.
Reviews'The book makes good use of Cecil's massive personal archive, the most extensively by far of any contemporary statesman or politician ... the book does, certainly, reveal a familiar figure in a new light and disposes of Macaulay's caricature of him as a wooden yes-man.' Lincolnshire History and Archaeology
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