The Queen's Wards: Wardship and Marriage under Elizabeth I

ISBN-13: 9781032468075 / Angielski

Joel Hurstfield

Opis

First published in 1958, this reissue of The Queen’s Wards from 1973 remains a significant contribution to the history of society and government in Elizabethan England. The concept of wardship reached its zenith in Elizabethan times, when it was used as a powerful weapon in the raising of revenues and in controlling the aristocracy.

Spis treści

Preface.  Introduction: Feudalism Declining.  Part I: The Revival of Royal Wardship  1. Feudalism Resurgent  2. Resistance  Part II: Procedure  3. Discovering a Wardship  4. Suitors for Wards  5. The Grant of a Ward  6. Private Wardship  Part III: Wardship and Society  7. Guardians and Wards  8. Marriage  9. Coming of Age  10. Corruption  Part IV: The Rule of the Cecils  11. Offices and Office Holders  12. Lord Burghley as Guardian  13. Lord Burghley as Master  14. The Vacant Mastership  15. Sir Robert Cecil  Part V: Conclusion  16. Wardship and the Government of England.  Index.

O autorze

Joel Hurstfield