Table of Contents

Contents Preface Preface to Revised Edition Abbreviations Editorial Procedures Part I Principal Officers of Elizabeth I's State Part II Principal Officers of Elizabeth I's Household Part III Elizabeth I's Privy Chamber Part IV Elizabeth's Officers of Law and Courts Part V Elizabeth's Parliaments Part VI City of London and County Principal Officers Part VII Principal Officers of Ireland Part VIII Principal Officers of Scotland Part IX Principal Officers of Elizabeth's Church Part X British Peers During Elizabeth's Reign Part XI Knights Part XII Ambassadors Part XIII Rulers of Other Countries During the Reign of Elizabeth I Part XIV Office and College of Arms Part XV Special Offices at Coronation and Funeral Part XVI Regnal Years Sources Place Index Name Index

About the Author

Arthur F. Kinney is Thomas W. Copeland Professor of Literary History and Director of the Center for Renaissance Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. He is the author or editor of more than thirty books.
 
Jane Lawson is the editor of The Elizabethan New Year's Gift Exchanges, 1558-1603 (Oxford University Press). She is a Coordinator at Emory University's Vaccine Center, USA.

Reviews

"Titled Elizabethans is not only a comprehensive directory of Elizabeth I's principal political, ecclesiastical, military, legal, and household officers, together with the most significant women of the the queen's court. It serves, additionally, as an indispensable atlas of the human landscape that constituted the most powerful sector of society during the years associated with the last Tudor monarchy. This is a seminal reference source for anyone working on the history and culture of the period." - S. P. Cerasano, Edgar W. B. Fairchild Professor of Literature, Colgate University, USA"This updated edition is one of those 'must-have' books for anyone interested in Elizabethan and early Jacobean court culture. The wealth of factual material will be an invaluable and dependable resource for everyone from historical novelists to literary scholars to those specializing in early modern English politics and religion." - James Shapiro, Professor of English, Columbia University, USA, and author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare (2005)"This revised edition of Titled Ellizabethans, is an invaluable resource for literary scholars and historians of the period. One can look up particular names of members of the political and social elite, read the lists of individuals in certain ranks and offices, and browse to discover interesting phenomena, such as the interesting mixture of native Englishmen and foreign leaders in the Order of the Garter and the enormous number of knighthoods conferred by the Earl of Essex during his various military expeditions. This reference work should have a very long shelf life." - Arthur F. Marotti, Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus, Wayne State University, USA