The Eye of the Crown: The Development and Evolution of the Elizabethan Secret Service

ISBN-13: 9781032228297 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 360 str.

Kristin M. S. Bezio

Opis

This volume discusses the development of governmental proto-bureaucracy, which led to and was influenced by the inclusion of professional agents and spies in the early modern English government.

Spis treści

Introduction: Spycraft and Social Networks in Tudor England  1. New Monarchs, Reformation, and the Start of English Intelligence to 1553  2. Exiles, Diplomats, and William Cecil’s Spies, 1553-1570  3. Regnans in Excelsis, the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, and the Foundation of Walsingham’s Intelligence Service, 1570-1579  4. Jesuit Priests and Double Agents, 1580-1584  5. The Problem of Mary Queen of Scots, 1585-1587  6. Empire, Armada, and Non-Conformity, 1587-1590  7. Master Secretaries, 1590-1598  8. Kingmaker and Spymaster, 1599-1603  Conclusion: A New King in the Network

O autorze

Kristin M.S. Bezio is Associate Professor in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, USA. Her background is in theater and early modern drama, and her publications include Staging Power in Tudor and Stuart History Plays (2015), "‘Munday I Sweare Shalbee a Hollidaye’: The Politics of Anthony Munday, from Anti-Catholic Spy to Civic Pageanteer (1579–1630)," in Études Anglaises (2018), and the edited volumes William Shakespeare & 21st Century Culture, Politics, and Leadership: Bard Bites with Anthony Presti Russell (2021), and Religion and the Medieval and Early Modern Global Marketplace (2021) and Religion and the Early Modern British Marketplace (2021), both co-edited with Scott Oldenburg.