Power, Knowledge, and Expertise in Elizabethan England

by Eric H. Ash

However dramatic, England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 was neither lucky nor miraculous. It was the result of myriad technological and organizational innovations instigated over the preceding thirty years during the reign of Elizabeth I. Like its continental rivals, England's government in this period grew larger, more powerful, and more centralized. To manage technically complex projects, royal administrators recruited trusted experts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801879922
• ISBN13: 9780801879920
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher