Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, and his World : Restoration Court, Politics and Diplomacy (Hardcover)

Foreword by Justin Champion 1. Introduction: Henry Bennet, earl of Arlington and his world: court, politics and diplomacy in the Restoration Robin Eagles with Coleman A. Dennehy 2. ‘The inkhorn Lord’? Locating Arlington’s connexions Robin Eagles 3. Pretending to be catholic? Sir Henry Bennet, the alliance with Spain, and the Stuart dalliance with Rome, 1656-62 Alistair Malcolm 4. The earl of Arlington and Restoration Ireland Coleman A. Dennehy 5. Catholicism and anti-Catholicism in Arlington’s world: Polemic, persuasion and the conversion of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York Jacqueline Rose 6. ‘faisons meieux’: Henry Bennet, earl of Arlington, and his political tactics Alan Marshall 7. Arlington and Access Brian Weiser 8. ‘So that my estate may continue in the name and blood of the Bennets for ever’: The Bennet brothers and the perpetuation of the Bennet family Charles Littleton 9. Naturally Born Courtiers: the FitzRoy dukes of Grafton, 1685-1757 Reider Payne