Charles de Dansay letter to Robert Beale

Digital Record

Identifier: VMSS457_I20_O1

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Image of Charles de Dansay letter to Robert Beale

Dates

Creation: 1583 December 18

Creator

Beale, Robert, 1541-1601 (correspondent, Person)

Biographical / Historical

Robert Beale (1541-1601) served as ambassador to France starting in 1570, special envoy of queen Elizabeth to the German Lutheran princes 1576, Secretary of State 1578 and 1581-1583, and was in parliament from Dorchester in 1586 and 1588. In addition, he served under Leicester in 1588 in the Netherlands probably with the transport department. As a scholar he is known for two books which maintain the principle of toleration and for works glorifying marriage and women.

Extent

1 folded sheet (1 page) ; 33 x 41 cm folded to 33 x 20 cm

Language of Materials

French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)

Additional Description

General Note

Letter signed by Dansay, with address to Beale on second leaf. Written in French from Colledin (Kolding), Denmark, 18 December 1583. Dansay implores Beale to use his influence for the suppression of (translated from French) "certain ambitious, proud and seditious theologians", who, by their "negligence, blindness, and nonchalance" are injuring the cause of Protestantism. Dansay was the envoy of the French Protestants to the King of Denmark.