ADAMS, R;
(2009)
Signs of intelligence: William Herle's report of the Dutch situation, 1573.
Lives and Letters
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Abstract
On the 11 June 1573 the agent William Herle sent his patron William Cecil, Lord Burghley a lengthy intelligence report of a ‘Discourse’ held with Prince William of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands.∗ Running to fourteen folio manuscript pages, the Discourse records the substance of numerous conversations between Herle and Orange and details Orange’s efforts to persuade Queen Elizabeth to come to the aid of the Dutch against Spanish Habsburg imperial rule. The main thrust of the document exhorts Elizabeth to accept the sovereignty of the Low Countries in order to protect England’s naval interests and lead a league of protestant European rulers against Spain. This essay explores the circumstances surrounding the occasion of the Discourse and the context of the text within Herle’s larger corpus of correspondence. In the process, I will consider the methods by which the study of the material features of manuscripts can lead to a wider consideration of early modern political, secretarial and archival practices.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Signs of intelligence: William Herle's report of the Dutch situation, 1573 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://journal.xmera.org/lives-and-letters-volume-... |
| Keywords: | William Herle, Manuscript marginalia |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Centre for Editing Lives and Letters |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1367036 |
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