1st Edition

Court Politics and the Earl of Essex, 1589–1601

By Janet Dickinson Copyright 2012
    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    196 Pages
    by Routledge

    The 1590s have long been considered as having had a distinct character, separate from the remainder of Elizabeth’s reign. This book provides a reassessment of the politics and political culture of this significant period.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 Chivalric Culture and the Earl of Essex; Chapter 2 The Virgin Queen and Her Lovers; Chapter 3 ‘This Late Unhappy Accident’: The Rebellion of 1601; Chapter 4 Faction in the 1590s?; Chapter 5 Essex and Cecil; Chapter 6 Essex and the Essexians; Chapter 7 Elizabeth’s Last Decade: Cult or Crisis?;

    Biography

    Janet Dickinson