Joanne Paul is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Sussex where her research currently focuses on Thomas More's Utopia, as well as the Dudley family during the reign of the Tudors. Winner of the 2014 Sir John Neale Prize for Tudor History, she is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She is the author of Thomas More (2016), and numerous articles in journals such as Renaissance Quarterly, Renaissance Studies and Hobbes Studies.

• Part I: 1. The humanist counsellor; 2. The right timing of counsel; Part II: 3. Machiavellian counsel; 4. Political prudence; 5. Late Tudor counsellors; Part III: 6. Reason of state and the counsellor; 7. Counsel, command and the Stuarts.

'This is an impressive survey of political philosophy … This thoughtful survey covers a great deal of ground on topics of varying levels of familiarity.' J. T. Rosenthal, Choice

Joanne Paul is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Sussex where her research currently focuses on Thomas More's Utopia, as well as the Dudley family during the reign of the Tudors. Winner of the 2014 Sir John Neale Prize for Tudor History, she is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She is the author of Thomas More (2016), and numerous articles in journals such as Renaissance Quarterly, Renaissance Studies and Hobbes Studies.

• Part I: 1. The humanist counsellor; 2. The right timing of counsel; Part II: 3. Machiavellian counsel; 4. Political prudence; 5. Late Tudor counsellors; Part III: 6. Reason of state and the counsellor; 7. Counsel, command and the Stuarts.

'This is an impressive survey of political philosophy … This thoughtful survey covers a great deal of ground on topics of varying levels of familiarity.' J. T. Rosenthal, Choice

Joanne Paul is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Sussex where her research currently focuses on Thomas More's Utopia, as well as the Dudley family during the reign of the Tudors. Winner of the 2014 Sir John Neale Prize for Tudor History, she is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She is the author of Thomas More (2016), and numerous articles in journals such as Renaissance Quarterly, Renaissance Studies and Hobbes Studies.

• Part I: 1. The humanist counsellor; 2. The right timing of counsel; Part II: 3. Machiavellian counsel; 4. Political prudence; 5. Late Tudor counsellors; Part III: 6. Reason of state and the counsellor; 7. Counsel, command and the Stuarts.

'This is an impressive survey of political philosophy … This thoughtful survey covers a great deal of ground on topics of varying levels of familiarity.' J. T. Rosenthal, Choice