The Earl of Essex and Late Elizabethan Political Culture /
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, a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2012.
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| Series: | Oxford historical monographs.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (308 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780191623646 0191623644 1280593849 9781280593840 |