Reassesses the national war effort during the Elizabethan wars against Spain (1585-1603). Drawing on a mass of hitherto neglected sources, it finds a political system in much better health than has been thought, revising many existing assumptions about the weaknesses of the state in the face of military change. -- .
Reassesses the national war effort during the Elizabethan wars against Spain (1585-1603). Drawing on a mass of hitherto neglected sources, it finds a political system in much better health than has been thought, revising many existing assumptions about the weaknesses of the state in the face of military change. -- .
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Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
Neil Younger is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Essex
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: War and the Elizabethan state 1. Constructing a Protestant regime: the machinery of the Elizabethan war effort in the counties 2. Government and people during the Elizabethan wars 3. Defending the Protestant state: the militia and invasion threats 4. Fighting Elizabeth's wars: troop levies from the counties 5. The costs of war: lieutenancy finance Conclusion Appendix: Troop levies from the counties, 1585-1602 Bibliography of primary sources Index
Introduction: War and the Elizabethan state 1. Constructing a Protestant regime: the machinery of the Elizabethan war effort in the counties 2. Government and people during the Elizabethan wars 3. Defending the Protestant state: the militia and invasion threats 4. Fighting Elizabeth's wars: troop levies from the counties 5. The costs of war: lieutenancy finance Conclusion Appendix: Troop levies from the counties, 1585-1602 Bibliography of primary sources Index
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