A rock of Elizabethan government, Lord Burghley had a large impact on the English state and as a committed Protestant he guided the nation with the confidence of his religious conviction.
A profile of the chief minister and counsellor of Elizabeth I whose term of office, unequalled in English history for its length and for its significance, lasted for 40 years....
A short historical study of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the chief minister and counsellor of Elizabeth I. The text explores the dynamics of the partnership between monarch and minister and...
William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520–1598), was the closest adviser to England’s Queen Elizabeth I and—as this revealing and provocative biography shows—he was the driving force behind the Queen's reign for...
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