The Queen''s Wards : Wardship and Marriage under Elizabeth I

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First published in 1958, this reissue of The Queen's Wards from 1973 remains a significant contribution to the history of society and government in Elizabethan England. The concept of wardship reached its zenith in Elizabethan times, when it was used as a powerful weapon in the raising of revenues and in controlling the aristocracy.