Introduction 1. The Essex Rising of 1601 2. Justifying War 3. 'Profane pollicy'? Religion, Toleration, and the Politics of Succession 4. Physician of the State: Essex and the Elizabethan Polity 5. The Popular Traitor: Responses to Essex 6. Scholars and Martialists: The Politics of History and Scholarship Conclusion Bibliography
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