Sir Francis Walsingham and mid-Elizabethan political culture
This thesis addresses Sir Francis Walsinghamâs place in and thinking about mid-Elizabethan political culture. Often seen as the dour Puritan among Elizabethâs advisers, this thesis aims to recalibrate opinions of Walsingham, in light of his conscious and sophisticated engagement with the currents of political thought and action through which he moved. Chapter 1 explores Walsinghamâs early life and education, between his birth (c. 1532) and his appointment as special envoy to France in 1570, aiming to more thoroughly analyse and contextualise the impact this had on his later life. Chapter 2 examines Walsinghamâs self-conscious construction of his role as adviser to Elizabeth through his correspondence with her, engaging particularly with his vocabulary and rhetorical strategies, including humanist-classical ideas of counsel. This chapter also analyses his longer political writings on the issues of Elizabethâs projected marriage to the duke of AlenĂ§on and English intervention in the Low Countries, comparing Walsinghamâs techniques and expression to the developing language of the âart of the stateâ. Chapter 3 and 4 explore Walsinghamâs patronage in the Church of England and in English government
Coates, Hannah Susan
Sir Francis Walsingham and mid-Elizabethan political culture. This thesis addresses Sir Francis Walsinghamâs place in and thinking about mid-Elizabethan political culture. Often seen as the dour Puritan among Elizabethâs advisers, this thesis aims to recalibrate opinions of Walsingham, in light of his conscious and sophisticated engagement with the currents of political thought and action through which he moved. Chapter 1 explores Walsinghamâs early life and education, between his birth (c. 1532) and his appointment as special envoy to France in 1570, aiming to more thoroughly analyse and contextualise the impact this had on his later life. Chapter 2 examines Walsinghamâs self-conscious construction of his role as adviser to Elizabeth through his correspondence with her, engaging particularly with his vocabulary and rhetorical strategies, including humanist-classical ideas of counsel. This chapter also analyses his longer political writings on the issues of Elizabethâs projected marriage to the duke of AlenĂ§on and English intervention in the Low Countries, comparing Walsinghamâs techniques and expression to the developing language of the âart of the stateâ. Chapter 3 and 4 explore Walsinghamâs patronage in the Church of England and in English government
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