Shaping of the Elizabethan Regime (Princeton Legacy Library, 2076) - Softcover

MacCaffrey, Wallace T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 069162223X ISBN 13: 9780691622231

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2015

Synopsis

"A fresh and quite original contribution to an understanding of an extremely important period in English history and to a quite remarkable discussion of the role of Queen Elizabeth in the complex diplomacy and policy of the era.... An original, a learned, and very persuasive history of these years.... This is political history at its best."―W.K. Jordan

“It will be both important and useful to other scholars since it is the first effort of such dimensions since Froude to deal in a narrative pattern with the extraordinary complex problems of power that emerged during the first years of Elizabeth I's reign.”―J.H. Hexter

Originally published in 1968.

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About this title

About the Author:

Wallace T. MacCaffrey is Francis Lee Higginson Professor Emeritus of History at Harvard University.

Review:

"MacCaffrey has written an extraordinarily interesting book.... The result is a canvas that is apt to remain the standard picture of early Elizabethan political history for some time to come."--Maurice Lee, Jr., American Historical Review

"Professor MacCaffrey has performed a major service.... We are even a little closer to an understanding of the Queen herself, as we are guided through the labyrinth of her dealings with her own servants and foreign ambassadors."--D. M. Loades, Renaissance Quarterly

"It is the analysis of how war policy was made which illustrates most effectively the skill of MacCaffrey's narrative and the depth of his understanding of Elizabeth.... A superb book, full of wisdom, learning, and insight."--Kenneth R. Bartlett, Canadian Journal of History

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 069162223X
• ISBN 13: 9780691622231
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 520