War, Soldiers, and High Politics under Elizabeth I
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2016
Keywords
Literature, Shakespeare Studies and Criticism
Abstract
Recent scholarship has paid little attention to the ways in which royal policies might potentially be modified or challenged by those entrusted with their implementation, especially during wartime. Yet Shakespeare’s drama emerged in an era of war, in which soldiers shaped policy to an unusual degree, and Shakespeare and contemporary dramatists were deeply interested in the participation of soldiers in high politics. This paper explores that interest. It focuses on the efforts of Sir John Norreys to re-cast Elizabeth I’s aid to the Dutch Revolt into an explicitly Calvinist, anti-Catholic war (1578–86), and Sir Francis Vere’s achievement of unique authority and influence, in both England and the Netherlands, as a result of his being trusted by both the English and Dutch governments to command troops and promote their policies to their allies.
First Page
82
Last Page
102
Book Title
The Oxford Handbook of the Age of Shakespeare
Editor
R. Malcolm Smuts
Publisher
Oxford University Press
City
Oxford, UK
ISBN
0199660840
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199660841.013.6
First Department
Church History
Recommended Citation
Trim, David J. B., "War, Soldiers, and High Politics under Elizabeth I" (2016). Faculty Publications. 353.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/pubs/353