The Earl of Essex and Late Elizabethan Political Culture by Alexandra Gajda (Eng

by Alexandra Gajda

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The Earl of Essex and Late Elizabethan Political Culture by Alexandra Gajda Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Analyses the attitudes of Essex and his followers towards war, religion, and domestic politics; examines Essex s impact on Elizabethan political culture Publisher Description 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 ofEssex s extraordinary career and fall from grace, and the intricate relationship between thought and action in Elizabethan England. By the late sixteenth century, fundamentalpolitical models and vocabularies that were employed to legitimise the Elizabethan polity were undermined by the strains of war, the ambivalence that many felt towards the church, continued uncertainty over the succession, and the perceived weaknesses of the rule of the aging Elizabeth. Essex s career and revolt threw all of these strains into relief. Alexandra Gajda examines the attitude of the earl and his followers to war, religion, the structures of the Elizabethan polity, and Essex s rolewithin it. She also ex

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2012
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780199699681
• Condition: Fine

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