Politics
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Collection of political tracts, chiefly relating to the Stuart succession, Late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Ii.04.33
Scope and Contents
(1) Leicester’s commonwealth: ‘The coppy of a letter wrytten by a mr. of arts in Cambridge to his friend in London concerning some talke passed betweene two worshippfell and grave men aboute the presente state and some proceedings of the earl of Lecistre and his freinds in England’, a copy of the anonymous book with this title, attributed to Robert Parsons, published in London, 1641. Some of the copyist’s errors have been corrected in red chalk. See also MSS Ff.02.03 and Ii.05.01; (2) ‘A...
Dates:
Late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Copie of a letter written by a Master of Arts in Cambridge to his friends in London, concerninge … some proceedinge of the Earle of Leicester and his friends in England, Late sixteenth century
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.04.33
Scope and Contents
'The Copie of a letter written by a Master of Arts in Cambridge to his friends in London, concerninge some talke passed of late betweene two worshipfull and grave men about the present estate and some proceedinge of the Earle of Leicester and his friends in England. Conceived, spoken, and published, &c. A.D. 1584.' This is the celebrated libel afterwards known as Leicester's Commonwealth, the reputed author of which was Robert Parsons the Jesuit, who, however, is said to have disowned...
Dates:
Late sixteenth century
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).