"Because many of the men in both Cecil's and Dudley's circles also held local offices ranging from lord lieutenant down to JP, theirs were truly national networks of patronage, Elizabethan counterparts to medieval affinities. Each circle tended to be linked by ties of blood and marriage as well as temperament and religious orientation, and sons succeeded fathers in their service. Usually, these two groups agreed on general aims and they got along well with each other socially. But at times of crisis, they tended to divide. Where Cecil and his allies increasingly urged caution, pacifism, and thrift, Dudley and his followers advocated bold military intervention against what they saw as a growing threat to English interests and the Protestant cause from the Catholic powers. Where Cecil and his circle appealed to the queen's head, Dudley and his group appealed to her heart. The latter attraction produced a crisis almost as soon as the reign began."
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Richard Bucholz and Newton Key, Early Modern England, 1485-1714: A Narrative History (2009), p. 119-120
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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598) was an English politician, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign (17 November 1558 – 24 March 1603), and Lord High Treasurer from 1572.
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