Bezio, Kristin M. S., <br/><br/>
The eye of the crown :  the development and evolution of the Elizabethan secret service / 
Kristin M.S. Bezio. 
 - Abingdon, Oxon ;  New York :  Routledge,  2023. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Routledge research in early modern history .
<br/><br/>Spycraft and Social Networks in Tudor England -- New Monarchs, Reformation, and the Start of English Intelligence to 1553 -- Exiles, Diplomats, and William Cecil's Spies, 1553-1570 -- Regnans in Excelsis, the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, and the Foundation of Walsingham's Intelligence Service, 1570-1579 -- Jesuit Priests and Double Agents, 1580-1584 -- The Problem of Mary Queen of Scots, 1585-1587 -- Empire, Armada, and Non-Conformity, 1587-1590 -- Master Secretaries, 1590-1598 -- Kingmaker and Spymaster, 1599-1603 -- A New King in the Network. 
<br/><br/> "This volume discusses the development of governmental proto-bureaucracy, which led to and was influenced by the inclusion of professional agents and spies in the early modern English government. The Eye of the Crown is a useful resource for students and scholars interested in government, espionage, social hierarchy, and imperial power in Elizabethan England"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781003274391 1003274390 9781000640199 1000640191 9781000640281 1000640280 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Elizabeth I,  Queen of England,  1533-1603 --Relations with spies.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Secret service--History--England--16th century.<br/>Espionage, British--History--16th century.<br/>HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century<br/>HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603.<br/>Great Britain--Foreign relations--1558-1603.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.1242009/031