Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Chapter 1 Norfolk Beginnings, 1552-1570 1
5. Chapter 2 Roads South: Norwich, Cambridge, Holborn 12
6. Chapter 3 Learning the Law 27
7. Chapter 4 Practicing the Law 40
8. Chapter 5 Magistrates and Ministers: County Politics, 1572-1583 54
9. Chapter 6 Challenges to Authority: County Politics, 1583-159 67
10. Chapter 7 Understanding, Authority, and Will: Coke’s “Artificial Reason” 83
11. Chapter 8 The Great Cases: Shelley, Chudleigh, and Slade 108
12. Chapter 9 Coke’s Historical Learning 135
13. Chapter 10 Anne Coke Stubbes and the Puritan Movement 156
14. Chapter 11 Sir Edward and Mistress Anne 176
15. Chapter 12 Character 189
16. Chapter 13 The Parliament of 1593 215
17. Chapter 14 The Queen’s Attorney and Cecil’s Man 242
18. Chapter 15 The End of the Reign 272
19. Afterword 297
20. Select Bibliography 303
21. Index 317