Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, and his World: Restoration Court, Politics and Diplomacy

ISBN-13: 9780367515942 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 194 str.

Eagles, Robin

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This book offers the first major reassessment of the life and work of Sir Henry Bennet, earl of Arlington, for over a century. Authored by a series of experts in the field, it not only shines a light on his career, but also on Charles II’s reign as a whole, on the Cavalier court, and on Restoration politics.

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1. Introduction: Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, and his World: Court, Politics and Diplomacy in the Restoration 2. ‘The Inkhorn Lord’?: Locating Arlington’s Connections 3. Pretending to Be Catholic?: Sir Henry Bennet, the Alliance with Spain and Stuart Dalliance with Rome, 1656–62 4. The Earl of Arlington and Restoration Ireland 5. Catholicism and Anti-Catholicism in Arlington’s World: Polemic, Persuasion and the Conversion of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York 6. ‘Faisons meieux’: Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington and His Political Tactics 7. Arlington and Access 8. ‘So That my Estate May Continue in the Name and Blood of the Bennets for Ever’: The Bennet Brothers and the Perpetuation of the Bennet Family 9. Naturally Born Courtiers: The FitzRoy Dukes of Grafton, 1685–1757