"Lively Patterns ... For Affayres of State": Sir John Hayward's the Life and Reigne of King Henrie IIII and the Earl of Essex
Sir John Hayward's The Life and Reigne of King Henrie IIII (1599) earned him imprisonment because the Privy Council believed that the book was propaganda for the earl of Essex. The Privy Council examinations proposed a picture of Hayward as part of Essex's political machine. In contrast, s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
2002
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2002, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 769-794 |
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| Summary: | Sir John Hayward's The Life and Reigne of King Henrie IIII (1599) earned him imprisonment because the Privy Council believed that the book was propaganda for the earl of Essex. The Privy Council examinations proposed a picture of Hayward as part of Essex's political machine. In contrast, scholars have described Hayward as a well-intentioned blunderer or a man more interested in historiography than politics. In the history, however, Hayward emerges as a scholar seeking to serve as political advisor to Essex, thus combining literature and politics. Hayward creates a Henry who is similar to Essex but also different in order to instruct the earl in improving his political self-presentation. In writing a history which aims for political change, Hayward blurs boundaries between academics and politics. Hayward's case demonstrates the influence that literary work could exert in the political arena, and demonstrates the widespread perception that such influence was potentially extremely powerful. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/4144023 |