The third generation of an arriviste family : William Cecil, Second Earl of Salisbury, and the consolidation of noble status in unpropitious and tumultuous times
This PhD dissertation is a biographical study of the life and political career of the second earl of Salisbury (1591-1668). It examines his early life and the preparation for the aristocratic role he would be expected to play. It looks at the early influences he experienced in his highly politicised...
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Royal Holloway, University of London
2013
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.594228 |