Leicester's Commonwealth: The Copy of a Letter Written by a Master of Art of Cambridge, 1584 and Related Documents: Copy of a Letter Written by a Master of Cambridge (1584) and Related Documents

By Dwight Peck

Leicester's Commonwealth: The Copy of a Letter Written by a Master of Art of Cambridge, 1584 and Related Documents: Copy of a Letter Written by a Master of Cambridge (1584) and Related Documents

Name: Leicester's Commonwealth: The Copy of a Letter Written by a Master of Art of Cambridge, 1584 and Related Documents: Copy of a Letter Written by a Master of Cambridge (1584) and Related Documents
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By Dwight Peck

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In September of 1584, the Catholic opponents of Queen Elizabeth's regime published a libelous attack against the Earl of Leicester, one of her chief min-isters. The tract contains important information about the state of the realm and workings of the Court, significant ideas on religious toleration, and writing of a sometimes high order. This tract has long been difficult to obtain and not much easier to understand. Much controversy has surrounded it, including questions of historical reliability, authorship, artistic value, and its relationship to many similar diatribes still in manuscript. Peck's edition of Leicester's Commonwealth offers a readable, regularized text of the 1584 edition, along with several related documents, all fully annotated to explain allusions, correspondences, and their significance. The introduction presents the first developed argument for Charles Arundell and his circle as the tract's authors, with an argument against the other chief candidates, and assesses the tract's significance in the light of that attribution. It further outlines the career of this "Catholic Court Party" and discusses their views as reflected in this tract and elsewhere. Peck provides a measured answer to the question of the book's significance in understanding the Earl's career, along with a look at its effect upon his reputation then and since. This edition of Leicester's Commonwealth and its critical apparatus should permit a fresh and more informed look not only at the Earl of Leicester himself and the Elizabethan administration but also at the activities of the Catholic courtiers both in England and on the continent. As well, it will prompt and facilitate further investigation of the political ideas of the Catholic laymen, particularly in regard to religious toleration and treason, and the relationships between these ideas and those of the Catholic clergy. (continued...).

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Languages:: Published: English , Original: English
Number of Pages:: 296
Publisher:: Ohio University Press
Publication Date:: 1985-07-01
Weight:: 454 g

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