Abstract
Abstract During 1614 to 1615, Europe teetered once again on the brink of war and the English court revelled in the rise and fall of James I’s male favourites. Chapter 5 examines Herbert’s decision to turn his back on English politics during the ascendancy of the earl of Somerset and the Howard family and to go abroad to pursue his military interests and travel in Germany and Italy. It traces his growing military reputation, his friendship with Count Maurice of Nassau, and his presence at the 1614 Jülich-Cleves campaign and then follows his journey by horse, coach, and boat through the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. It highlights his diplomatic connections, sight-seeing interests, and scholarly activities, including his early interest in centres of religion such as Rome and Geneva, together with offers 5.P1, dof military employment, including the commission from Charles Emmanuel I, duke of Savoy, to raise a Protestant army in Languedoc which led to his arrest and temporary imprisonment in Lyon. Herbert resisted pressure from family and friends to return home to manage his estates and only set sail for England in late 1615 once European peace was temporarily secured and as the influence of Somerset and the Howards began to crumble.
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