1st Edition
The Sidneys of Penshurst and the Monarchy, 1500–1700
By Michael G. Brennan
Copyright 2006
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Sidneys rank amongst the most influential families in early modern England, and can count amongst their number many leading lights of the Tudor and Stuart period. From the Elizabethan poet and soldier Philip, to the republican Algernon, the Sidney family were intimately bound up with the political, cultural and courtly life of early modern England. Taking a broadly chronological approach, this... Read more
Contents: List of plates; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Family tables; Introduction; The Sidneys, Brandons, Guildfords, and Dudleys: 1500-1554; The Dudleys and Sidneys: 1554-1572; The ascendancy of Philip Sidney: 1572-1577; Great expectations for the Sidneys: 1577-1585; The last years of Queen Elizabeth: 1585-1603; The Sidneys and King James I: 1603-1621; The Sidneys and royal service: 1621-1644; The survival of the Sidneys: 1644-1700; Postscript; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Michael G. Brennan is Professor of Renaissance Studies at the School of English, University of Leeds, UK.
'This is the book we did not know we were waiting for... Brennan's book is one of the most important works in Sidney studies to have appeared in years. Rich, learned, informative and analytical, it leaves students of any or all of this remarkable family's members with a group portrait the Sidneys themselves would have recognized and appreciated.' Renaissance Quarterly ’Michael Brennan has widened the dimensions of Sidney scholarship. The Sidneys of Penshurst is a book for specialists, and its erudition reinforces the importance of understanding the Sidney family and the milieu they helped to forge.’ Journal of British Studies ’... Brennan provides a compelling story of aristocratic politics and society in early modern Britain.’ Sixteenth Century Journal
