Peter Lake completed his undergraduate degree and PhD at Cambridge University and taught subsequently at Bedford College, Royal Holloway, Bedford New College, London, Cornell, and Princeton. He moved to Vanderbilt University in 2008. When in London he is an habitual attender of seminars at the Institute of Historical Research, and has been the grateful beneficiary of extended stints at both the Folger Shakespeare and Huntington Libraries.

Lake's book adds up to a major revision and overhaul of previous accounts of Elizabethan politics.

• PART I: THE MARIAN MOMENT; PART II: THE CATHOLIC LOYALIST MOMENT; PART III: BURGHLEY'S COMMONWEALTH; PART IV: ROGUE STATES AND UNIVERSAL MONARCHS; PART V: THE REGICIDAL MOMENT; PART VI: RESISTANCE AND COMPROMISE?; PART VII: RIPOSTES AND REPLIES

Peter Lake completed his undergraduate degree and PhD at Cambridge University and taught subsequently at Bedford College, Royal Holloway, Bedford New College, London, Cornell, and Princeton. He moved to Vanderbilt University in 2008. When in London he is an habitual attender of seminars at the Institute of Historical Research, and has been the grateful beneficiary of extended stints at both the Folger Shakespeare and Huntington Libraries.

Lake's book adds up to a major revision and overhaul of previous accounts of Elizabethan politics.

• PART I: THE MARIAN MOMENT; PART II: THE CATHOLIC LOYALIST MOMENT; PART III: BURGHLEY'S COMMONWEALTH; PART IV: ROGUE STATES AND UNIVERSAL MONARCHS; PART V: THE REGICIDAL MOMENT; PART VI: RESISTANCE AND COMPROMISE?; PART VII: RIPOSTES AND REPLIES

Peter Lake completed his undergraduate degree and PhD at Cambridge University and taught subsequently at Bedford College, Royal Holloway, Bedford New College, London, Cornell, and Princeton. He moved to Vanderbilt University in 2008. When in London he is an habitual attender of seminars at the Institute of Historical Research, and has been the grateful beneficiary of extended stints at both the Folger Shakespeare and Huntington Libraries.

Lake's book adds up to a major revision and overhaul of previous accounts of Elizabethan politics.

• PART I: THE MARIAN MOMENT; PART II: THE CATHOLIC LOYALIST MOMENT; PART III: BURGHLEY'S COMMONWEALTH; PART IV: ROGUE STATES AND UNIVERSAL MONARCHS; PART V: THE REGICIDAL MOMENT; PART VI: RESISTANCE AND COMPROMISE?; PART VII: RIPOSTES AND REPLIES