Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst's letters from the Low Countries 1587, the ‘quarrels of my lord of Leicester’ and the rhetoric of political survival

TY - JOUR

T1 - Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst's letters from the Low Countries 1587, the ‘quarrels of my lord of Leicester’ and the rhetoric of political survival

AU - Zim, Rivkah

PY - 2019/2/1

Y1 - 2019/2/1

N2 - When Lord Buckhurst defied Elizabeth I and the earl of Leicester to champion Anglo-Dutch relations he exposed complex tensions within the queen’s ‘inner circle’ that cut across presumptions about political alliances and ideologies often taken for granted. Analysis of Buckhurst’s letters shows how the rhetoric of counsel actually operated in circumstances of acute pressure, and how relationships among the Elizabethan political elite developed accordingly. Buckhurst’s description of letters as ‘weapons of defence’ in the dangerous quarrel that developed with Leicester summarized his strategy for political survival and reveals a rhetorical modus operandi that is too little regarded.

AB - When Lord Buckhurst defied Elizabeth I and the earl of Leicester to champion Anglo-Dutch relations he exposed complex tensions within the queen’s ‘inner circle’ that cut across presumptions about political alliances and ideologies often taken for granted. Analysis of Buckhurst’s letters shows how the rhetoric of counsel actually operated in circumstances of acute pressure, and how relationships among the Elizabethan political elite developed accordingly. Buckhurst’s description of letters as ‘weapons of defence’ in the dangerous quarrel that developed with Leicester summarized his strategy for political survival and reveals a rhetorical modus operandi that is too little regarded.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060316443&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/1468-2281.12260

DO - 10.1111/1468-2281.12260

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85060316443

SN - 0950-3471

VL - 92

SP - 73

EP - 96

JO - HISTORICAL RESEARCH

JF - HISTORICAL RESEARCH

IS - 255

ER -