Joel Hurstfield

Broschiertes Buch

The Queen's Wards

Wardship and Marriage under Elizabeth I

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Joel Hurstfield

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781032468198
• ISBN-10: 103246819X
• Artikelnr.: 72802620

Rezensionen

Reviews for the 1983 edition:

'Mr Hurstfield has taken on a most difficult task and discharged it triumphantly. It is hard to see how this obscure and complicated matter could have been treated with more exact thoroughness or more patient and balanced judgement.' - Times Literary Supplement

'Joel Hurstfield has a delightful way of writing. He is lucid where lucidity cannot have been easy, and where he picks human instances, he writes with dry wit and a palpable sympathy for all in distress.' - Stevie Smith, Daily Telegraph

'Its strong human theme, coupled with ease of writing and a flair for the telling phrase, make it a book that will be no means appeal only to specialists.' - The Times