The Earl of Essex and Late Elizabethan Political Culture Gajda, Alexandra 1979- creator text Electronic books. History enk Oxford OUP Oxford 2012 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (308 pages) 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. 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. Alexandra Gajda. e-uk--- Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux 1565-1601 Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux 1565-1601 Great Britain Politics and government 1558-1603 Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Grande-Bretagne Politique et gouvernement 1558-1603 Grande-Bretagne Histoire 1558-1603 (Élisabeth Ire) HISTORY Europe Great Britain Politics and government Great Britain 1558-1603 fast DA358.E8 G34 2012eb 942.055092 Oxford historical monographs 9780191623646 0191623644 1280593849 9781280593840 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/6252 EBLCP 120409 20260318190320.2 in00005707892 eng