A European Elizabethan - David Scott Gehring

A European Elizabethan

The Life of Robert Beale, Esquire
Buch | Hardcover
304 Seiten
2024
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-890291-1 (ISBN)
109,95 inkl. MwSt
This book draws on archival research to explore the life and influence of Robert Beale, an English statesman of the sixteenth century and a known expert in foreign affairs. The book benefits from the fact that Beale's personal archive of papers survives almost intact in London.
Robert Beale (15411601) was a diplomat and administrator who worked at the heart of Elizabethan governance and international policymaking. In spite or perhaps because of the voluminous record he left behind, he has never been the subject of a dedicated biography, and his remarkable life and influence have therefore remained hidden. By thoroughly investigating Beales personal reference archive, which remains largely intact at the British Library, and additional material from archives across the UK, mainland Europe, and the USA, this book brings Beales life into sharp focus: from his shadowy upbringing in Coventry and London, through his first trips to the European mainland in the 1550s, and to his prominent roles in Queen Elizabeths government. By reconstructing the complex web of transnational connections he forged throughout Europe, David Scott Gehring demonstrates for the first time the extent to which these networks and his experiences abroad made him an invaluable agent of the Elizabethan regime. In the process, Gehring reveals Beales broader significance for our understanding of the workings of Elizabethan government, especially the role of second- and third-level players within it, and he recognizes the impossibility of truly understanding Elizabethan England without considering its interactions with and connections to the rest of Europe. The book makes a range of novel contributions, including to understandings of Elizabethan foreign policy, the succession, religion, political life, and intelligence gathering.

David Scott Gehring was educated at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and taught in Wisconsin and California before coming to the University of Nottingham. His research on religion and politics in an international context has benefited from fellowships in the UK, USA, Germany, and Israel. He has published on various aspects of early modern history, including diplomacy, travel, translations, and martyrologies.

Abbreviations
Conventions
Figures
Genealogy
Map of Europe
1: Europe in England
2: The Early Years
3: Finding his Feet, Finding a Role
4: To Paris and BackDLAgain
5: Diplomatic Interlude
6: A Busy Man
7: The Highest Highs and Lowest Lows
8: Abeyance and Drift, or, Forbearance and Shift
9: England in Europe
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 20 full-colour illustrations
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 240 mm
Gewicht 662 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10 0-19-890291-3 / 0198902913
ISBN-13 978-0-19-890291-1 / 9780198902911
Zustand Neuware
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