War and politics in the Elizabethan counties
Younger, NeilAuthor
Manchester : Manchester University Press,
2013.
This title reassesses the English national war effort during the wars against Spain (1585-1603). Drawing on a mass on hitherto neglected source material from both central and local archives it finds a political system in much better health than has been thought.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This title reassesses the English national war effort during the wars against Spain (1585-1603). Drawing on a mass on hitherto neglected source material from both central and local archives it finds a political system in much better health than has been thought.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 12, 2013).
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.
Anglo-Spanish War, 1585-1604
Armada, 1588
Regions & Countries - Europe
History & Archaeology
Great Britain