The Queen, a Bishop, and a Peer: A Clash for Power in Mid-Elizabethan Cambridgeshire
Examination of a heated, protracted dispute during the 1570s between Richard Cox, bishop of Ely, and Roger, Lord North, suggests that more than personal animosity fueled the conflict. By understanding the local and national contexts, and Queen Elizabeth's implicit role in the affair, it is appa...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1995
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1995, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-15 |
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| Summary: | Examination of a heated, protracted dispute during the 1570s between Richard Cox, bishop of Ely, and Roger, Lord North, suggests that more than personal animosity fueled the conflict. By understanding the local and national contexts, and Queen Elizabeth's implicit role in the affair, it is apparent that there were other factors and motives: (1) puritan opposition to the moderate Cox, (2) North's accumulation of political power in Cambridgeshire, and (3) the Crown's intent to enhance its direct influence in the former liberty of the bishops of Ely. The exploitation of the Ely episcopacy was a concerted effort by a "harpy" and several "wolves." |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2541522 |