Patronage, Culture and Power: The Early Cecils 1558-1612.(Book review)

Shakespeare Studies | January 1, 2006| | Copyright

Patronage, Culture and Power: The Early Cecils 1558-1612 By Pauline Croft New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002

This beautifully produced book showcases the cultural patronage of Tudor England's most spectacular success story, the Cecil family. Thanks to the remarkable political career of William Cecil, who built his career during the reign of Edward VI and subsequently established himself as Elizabeth I's most important councillor, the previously obscure Cecils rose to conspicuous wealth and a social eminence that has endured to the present day. Cecil himself ...

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