Spying for Queen and Country
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- Spying for Queen Elizabeth I was very different from modern-day intelligence services - or was it? This lecture brings together historian Stephen Alford and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of MI6, and will discuss Tudor spies and the modern-day secret service.
This lecture celebrates 500 years since the birth of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, an intelligence-gatherer for Elizabeth I across Europe, who also brought his son, Sir Robert Cecil, into the world of secret Elizabethan intelligence.
The lecture also looks at the use of secret communications like codes and cipher.
Chapters
0:00 - Lord Mayor Introduction
2:24 - Stephen Alford Lecture
21:28 - Richard Dearlove Lecture
42:20 - Discussion
1:00:52 - Robert Gascoyne Cecil Thanks
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
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Congratulations, Lord Mayor. I adore Queen Elizabeth I, one of my favorite historical figures. Indeed, William Cecil was a formidable defender of Her Majesty; he was certainly a remarkable, brilliant individual. BRAVO!
Absolutely fascinating. Thank you.
A very big thank you to both speakers for this utterly compelling presentation and conversation. I absolutely adored it! ❤❤❤❤❤
They don't talk much about the original 007 , John Dee . Even in the Elizabeth films they don't bring up Dee. Cecil , Burly , Bacon , but not much about Dee.
Wonderful presentations with great insights.
Fascinating.
Thank you, to you all.
I read Professor Alford’s book a couple of years ago. Brilliant
Fascinating stuff. Very interesting to listen to and consider.
Along with Walsingham, he was a vital cog in the Elizabethan administration.
52:11 is writting down of personal and family events referring to case officers writting diwn thuer own affairs or the affairs of thise they run?
Echoing another commenter, I will presume to speak in behalf of your American cousins, and thank you for these enlightening lectures. We could use a little more cultcha around here.
Please keep pressure not to change our city street names...history is our joy.
Do you really need street names for that? Don't you have history books?
@@herbertschmerbert would you change Carl marx Road?
Americans are grateful for the enlightenment.
56:24 Charles the first couldn't "hack it". I was amused by the voice of words.
What's the name of the book that Sir Richard Dearlove mentions?
Thq City of London may wish culture to be open to all but they don't wish democracy or wealth to be.
How many decades?? Fascinating....
Thanks
Wonder if Cecil and/or Walsingham did any fooling of Elizabeth to advance their own agendas?
53:00 Is the prime minister subject to the law? Why should they not be told I can't under the law tell you that? Or perhaps you can not ask that. Perhaps strategic resignations might by law be mandated.
Why was this in my reccomended?
Apparently, the algorithm considered cultcha was in order?
One would think that the City of London would be able to hire someone who spoke English to do the subtitles.
Barbara concentre! Hilarious!
Not a minute later we are given some history about the Chuda (sic) = (I kid you not) spies.
We believe that every person is entitled to a high level of cultcha too.
Whats Cultcha
@@unimo9394 Cultcha is wot we learned at skool.
@@unimo9394 Cultcha is wot we lurnd at skool.
They are auto generated by Google.
Perhaps you could offer your services on speech recognition software to them to improve matters.
There’s so much more to this story ( Dr John Dee ) than what’s been presented? Someone is going to get to bottom of this.
🤣your describing as you would a Saint but he was hardly that with both Elizabeth and Lord Burleigh involved with Edward de Vere fortune 😔
I guess an education at the University of St Andrews doesn't include instruction on how to speak with both sides of your mouth 🙄
Thank you!
Absolutely fascinating. Thank you.