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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
During the past 25 years Elizabethan history has been transformed by the work of Simon Adams. Famous for the depth and breadth of his research in libraries and archives throughout Britain, Western Europe and the USA, he has brought to life the most enigmatic of the greater Elizabethans: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Together with his edition of Leicester's accounts and his reconstruction of Leicester's papers, Adams has published numerous essays and articles on Leicester's influence and activities. They have reshaped our knowledge of Elizabeth and her Court, Parliament, the localities from Wales to Warwickshire 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 of Simon Adams' essays are found in this collection, organized into three groups: the Court, Leicester and his affinity, and Leicester and the regions. The collection ranges from much-cited essays in standard textbooks to papers at international conferences, as well as articles in a variety of journals.
Synopsis
A collection of sixteen essays by Simon Adams on Elizabethan history, centring around Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
About the Author
Simon Adams is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Strathclyde.
Table of Contents
Part I: The Elizabethan Court * Faction, Clientage and Party * Eliza Enthroned? * Favorites and Factions at the Elizabethan Court * The Patronage of the Crown in Elizabethan Politics * The Eltonian Legacy * The Court of Elizabeth I of England *
Part II: The Earl of Leicester and His Affinity * Queen Elizabeth's Eyes at Court * The Dudley Cleintele, 1553-1563 * A Puritan Crusade? * The Dudley Clientele and the House of Commons, 1559-1586 * A Godly Peer? *
Part III: The Earl of Leicester and the Regions * The Gentry of North Wales and the Earl of Leicester's Expedition to the Netherlands, 1585-1586 * The Composition of 1564 and the Earl of Leicester's Tenurial Reformation in the Lordship of Denbigh * Officeholders of the Borough of Denbigh and the Lordships of Denbighshire in the Reign of Elizabeth I * "Because I am of that Countrye and Mynde to Plant Myself There": Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and the West Midlands * Baronial Contexts?: Continuity and Change in the Noble Affinity, 1400-1600
Part I: The Elizabethan Court * Faction, Clientage and Party * Eliza Enthroned? * Favorites and Factions at the Elizabethan Court * The Patronage of the Crown in Elizabethan Politics * The Eltonian Legacy * The Court of Elizabeth I of England * Part II: The Earl of Leicester and His Affinity * Queen Elizabeth's Eyes at Court * The Dudley Cleintele, 1553-1563 * A Puritan Crusade? * The Dudley Clientele and the House of Commons, 1559-1586 * A Godly Peer? * Part III: The Earl of Leicester and the Regions * The Gentry of North Wales and the Earl of Leicester's Expedition to the Netherlands, 1585-1586 * The Composition of 1564 and the Earl of Leicester's Tenurial Reformation in the Lordship of Denbigh * Officeholders of the Borough of Denbigh and the Lordships of Denbighshire in the Reign of Elizabeth I * "Because I am of that Countrye and Mynde to Plant Myself There": Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and the West Midlands * Baronial Contexts?: Continuity and Change in the Noble Affinity, 1400-1600