The Decline of the Reign: Essex and the Succession
The factionalism of the 1590s, the Essex Rebellion, and the transition to James I.
Key Questions
- 1Why did the Earl of Essex attempt a coup in 1601?
- 2How did Robert Cecil manage the "secret correspondence" with James VI?
- 3Was the end of Elizabeth's reign a period of "decline and fall"?
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