{"product_id":"the-polarisation-of-elizabethan-politics-the-political-career-of-robert-devereux-2nd-earl-of-essex-1585-1597-hardback-9780521434850","title":"The Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics; The Political Career of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 1585–1597 (Hardback) 9780521434850","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Political Career of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 1585–1597\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA revisionist 1999 account of the career of Elizabeth I's 'favourite', the 2nd Earl of Essex.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul E. J.  Hammer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521434850, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 June 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e468 pages, 8 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.86 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Parliamentary historians will find this study invaluable for its thoughtful analysis of the late Elizabethan political scene and will appreciate its firm base in a wide range of manuscript sources.' Parliamentary History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe final decades of the reign of Elizabeth I were marked by the meteoric career of her last great favourite, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565–1601), and the outbreak of bitter political divisions at Court and across the realm. This revisionist 1999 study challenges the traditional 'romantic' image of Essex as a military incompetent and political dabbler. Studying his career between his arrival at court in 1585 and his appointment as earl marshal at the end of 1597, the book casts Essex in a new light and re-examines his role in the outbreak of factionalism in Elizabethan politics. Using an unparalleled range of manuscript and printed sources it explores the forces which drove Essex's career, why true political success remained frustratingly beyond his grasp, and how his efforts to achieve this success helped to fuel the polarisation of Elizabethan politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: 'A playboy of the western world'?\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Into the Fateful Circle: 1585–92: 1. 'My lord of Essex'\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'Yowr sonne most ready to doe yowr service'\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'To whom muche is geven …'\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Quest for Greatness: 1593–7: 4. 'One of her Majestie's privy councillors'\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Matters of intelligence'\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'The shepheard of Albion's Arcadia'\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'My lord of Essex and his men'\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'Your Majestie's creture and vassall'\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'Yf we lyved not in a cunning world …'\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: 'A greater worke then ever any gentleman'\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913128304920,"sku":"9780521434850","price":120.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521434850i_b4429871-f369-4028-b6f4-01c72b54ab87.jpg?v=1691381811","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-polarisation-of-elizabethan-politics-the-political-career-of-robert-devereux-2nd-earl-of-essex-1585-1597-hardback-9780521434850","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}