Synopses & Reviews
Acclaimed for their dramatic rendering of the personalities and forces that shaped Elizabethan politics, Wallace T. MacCaffrey's three volumes thoroughly chronicle the Queen's decision making throughout her reign in a way that combines pleasurable reading with subtle analysis. Together in paperback for the first time, these books will find a wide readership among those interested in debunking Elizabeth's many mythic images and in following the steps of Elizabethan policy-makers as they grapple with the most crucial political problems of their day.
MacCaffrey completes his analysis by investigating how Elizabeth and her ministers governed in the years between the Armada of 1588 and her death in 1603. In light of the Queen's desire to uphold her popularity through the maintenance of peace and prosperity, the author explains why she pursued war with Spain by only half-measures and how the brutal conquest of Ulster and the destruction of Tyrone came to be seen as prerequisites for the incorporation of Northern Ireland.
Review
"MacCaffrey is a consummate writer-he possesses a fluid style, with smooth transitions, that holds the reader's attention to the subject amidst highly detailed descriptions."--History
Review
MacCaffrey is a consummate writer-he possesses a fluid style, with smooth transitions, that holds the reader's attention to the subject amidst highly detailed descriptions. History
Synopsis
Acclaimed for their dramatic rendering of the personalities and forces that shaped Elizabethan politics, Wallace T. MacCaffrey's three volumes thoroughly chronicle the Queen's decision making throughout her reign in a way that combines pleasurable reading with subtle analysis. Together in paperback for the first time, these books will find a wide readership among those interested in debunking Elizabeth's many mythic images and in following the steps of Elizabethan policy-makers as they grapple with the most crucial political problems of their day.
MacCaffrey completes his analysis by investigating how Elizabeth and her ministers governed in the years between the Armada of 1588 and her death in 1603. In light of the Queen's desire to uphold her popularity through the maintenance of peace and prosperity, the author explains why she pursued war with Spain by only half-measures and how the brutal conquest of Ulster and the destruction of Tyrone came to be seen as prerequisites for the incorporation of Northern Ireland.
Table of Contents
| List of Figures and Maps | |
| Preface | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Introduction | 3 |
Pt. I | The English Monarchy at War | |
1 | Machinery of War: The Council | 17 |
2 | The Machinery at Work: At Home and Abroad | 45 |
3 | Paying for the War | 59 |
Pt. II | Waging the War I: The Enemy - Spain | |
4 | The Portuguese Voyage, 1588-1589 | 73 |
5 | War on the High Seas and in the Indies, 1589-1595 | 97 |
6 | War on the Spanish Coasts, 1596-1597 | 107 |
Pt. III | Waging the War II: The Allies - France | |
7 | The Willoughby Expedition, 1589 | 137 |
8 | Brittany and Rouen | 152 |
9 | Brittany and Rouen: The Second Round | 163 |
10 | Brittany and Picardy | 184 |
11 | The Cecil Mission and Vervins | 196 |
12 | Shuffling Towards Peace, 1598-1603 | 220 |
Pt. IV | Waging the War III: The Allies - The States General | |
13 | From Dependency to Alliance, 1588-1594 | 249 |
14 | From Alliance to Collaboration, 1595-1603 | 270 |
Pt. V | The Three Kingdoms | |
15 | The Northern Neighbor, 1581-1603 | 303 |
16 | Ireland: The Building of a New Order, 1530-1593 | 329 |
17 | Deputy Fitzwilliam and the Macmahon Affair | 349 |
18 | Fitzwilliam and the First Rupture With Tyrone | 372 |
19 | Russell and the Coming of War | 385 |
20 | The Yellow Ford | 404 |
21 | The Failure of Essex | 418 |
22 | The Triumph of Mountjoy | 431 |
Pt. VI | The Court: The Revival of Faction | |
23 | The Rise of Essex, 1584-1591 | 453 |
24 | Essex the Councillor | 472 |
25 | England's Glory and the Wide World's Wonder | 495 |
26 | The Fall from Grace | 514 |
| Retrospective | 537 |
| Bibliography | 575 |
| Index | 585 |