1st Edition
Northampton Patronage and Policy at the Court of James I
By Linda Levy Peck
Copyright 1982
292 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1982, Northampton is a modern study of Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, privy councillor to James I. Dr. Peck convincingly challenges the traditional eminence grise who stirred factional strife at court, undermined relations between king and parliament, and stopped at nothing, including murder, to secure his family’s advancement. Drawing extensively on Northampton’s... Read more
Preface Introduction: Reassessing the Jacobean Court 1. ‘A Man Obscured’ 2. The Organization of Influence 3. A Jacobean Patronage Network 4. Profit from Office 5. The Jacobean Privy Councillor 6. Advisers on Policy: Scholars and Officeholders 7. Advisers on Policy: The Merchants 8. Administrative Reform and the Problems of Corruption 9. The Jacobean Privy Councillor in Parliament 10. Northampton and Parliamentary Issues, 1604-1614 11. Perspectives Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Biography
Linda Levy Peck
