Bad Queen Bess? [electronic resource] : libels, secret histories, and the politics of publicity in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I / Peter Lake.

First edition.

9780191815744 (electronic book)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

English

1 online resource (xii, 497 pages)

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198753995 doi

DA356 .L35 2016eb

942.055

This title explores the role of plot talk, conspiracy theory, and libellous secret history during the Elizabethan regime, analysing the back and forth between Catholic critics and William Cecil and his circle, and the effect this had on the political, cultural, intellectual, and religious history of the time, both in England, and in a wider European context.

This title explores the role of plot talk, conspiracy theory, and libellous secret history during the Elizabethan regime, analysing the back and forth between Catholic critics and William Cecil and his circle, and the effect this had on the political, cultural, intellectual, and religious history of the time, both in England, and in a wider European context.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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