The Early Elizabethan Polity: William Cecil and the British Succession Crisis, 1558–1569 by Stephen Alford

The Early Elizabethan Polity: William Cecil and the British Succession Crisis, 1558–1569

Stephen Alford

288 pages • first pub 1998 (view editions)

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Traditionally historians have argued that the court of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) was factional, divided among competing subjects who were manipulated by their Queen. This book provides a different account: of councilors who were united by two connec...

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