Pious nobleman or calculating humbug - what is the true characterisation of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester? Simon Adams sifts the motives for the patronage given to some of Elizabeth's sternest religious critics by her favourite courtier.
Ian Seymour looks at the involvement of Elizabeth I's astrologer in matters of state, and his diplomatic intrigues on the Continent on the eve of the Armada.
Christopher Haigh outlines the historiography of the reign of the first Elizabeth.
Charles Seltman traces the idea of the ruler not only great but good—helper and protector of his subjects—back to Alexander of Macedon.
A study of the dangers and difficulties that confronted the young Queen in 1558, and of the courageous strategy by which she overcame them. By J.E. Neale.
A.L. Rowse charts how three centuries of British historians have produced many different interpretations of the great Queen’s character.
On 15 January 1559, England’s 25-year-old sovereign left Whitehall to be crowned Queen.
