Leycester's commonwealth

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610, attributed name.

Morgan, Thomas, 1543-1606, attributed name.

Series:

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection

Standardized Title:

Leycester's commonwealth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1532?-1588.

Leicester, Robert Dudley.

Catholic Church--England--Early works to 1800.

Catholic Church.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1558-1603--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([8], 182, [2] p. )

Notes:

Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).

"Leicester's commonwealth" is a political tract against Elizabeth I's government. It went through many stages and forms, both in manuscript and in print, and is most well known by the title "Leicester's commonwealth". It was first printed on the continent in 1584 with title "The copie of a leter, wryten by a master of arte of Cambridge, to his friend in London". It was formerly attributed to Robert Parsons and is sometimes attributed to Thomas Morgan. Cf. DNB s.v. Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester. 1532?-1588.

Place of publication from Wing.

"Leicester's commonwealth" was republished in 1641 and was versified by Thomas Rogers as "Leicester's ghost" about the same time.

Caption title on p. 1: Entrance to the matter

Last leaf is blank.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), L968

OCLC:

643157023