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THE SOCIO-POLITICAL VIEWS OF ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2nd EARL OF ESSEX

General history , UDC: 94 DOI: 10.24412/2076-9105-2025-359-154-168

Authors

  • Petrov Mikhail D.
  • Isakov Vladimir A. Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor

Annotation

The article examines the views of Robert Devereux, the second Earl of Essex and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, on the system of state administration in England at the turn of the 16th – 17th centuries. The study addresses the issues of his attitude towards the existing social structure of society in the kingdom, the administrative-legal system, as well as the privileges of the monarchy and the prerogatives of Parliament. In the context of the uprising that occurred in 1601, the question is raised as to whether all these ideas, taken together, could have formed the basis of his comprehensive programme for the restructuring of England. The authors conclude that in the event of a successful armed uprising, Parliament would most likely have retained its privileges, particularly in the approval of new subsidies to the Crown, and the monarchy would not have lost its prerogatives. However, the social structure could have indeed undergone significant changes related to the displacement of representatives of the «non-military aristocracy» from leading positions in the system of state administration, which in the future could have led to more radical societal transformation.
Tags:
Earl of Essex , Elizabeth Tudor , English parliament , gentry , political system of England in the 16th – 17th centuries , privileges of the monarchy , Robert Devereux

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Petrov, M. D. & Isakov, V. A. (2025). THE SOCIO-POLITICAL VIEWS OF ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2nd EARL OF ESSEX Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", № 3 (59), 154. https://doi.org/10.24412/2076-9105-2025-359-154-168
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