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1 online resource (308 pages) |
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Oxford Historical Monographs |
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Oxford historical monographs.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Essex rising of 1601; 2 Justifying war; 3 'Profane pollicy'? Religion, toleration, and the politics of succession; 4 Physician of the state: Essex and the Elizabethan polity; 5 The popular traitor: responses to Essex; 6 Scholars and martialists: the politics of history and scholarship; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Summary |
In sixteenth-century England Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex, enjoyed great domestic and international renown as a favourite of Elizabeth I. He was a soldier and a statesman of exceptionally powerful ambition. After his disastrous uprising in 1601 Essex fell from the heights of fame and favour, and ended his life as a traitor on the scaffold. This interdisciplinary account of the political culture of late Elizabethan England explores the ideological contexts of Essex'sextraordinary career and fall from grace, and the intricate relationship between thought and action in Elizabethan England. B |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601
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| SUBJECT |
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601 fast |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Politics and government
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1558-1603. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056888
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056783
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191623646 |
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0191623644 |
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1280593849 |
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9781280593840 |
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