The Later Tudors: England 1547-1603The Later Tudors is an authoritative and comprehensive study of England between the accession of Edward VI and the death of Elizabeth I—a turbulent period of conflict amongst European nations, and between warring Catholics and Protestants. These internal and external struggles created anxiety in England, but by the end of Elizabeth's reign the nation had achieved a remarkable sense of political and religious identity. Penry Williams combines the political, religious and economic history of the nation with a broader analysis of English society, family relations, and culture, in order to explain the workings and development of the English state. The result is an incisive and wide-ranging analysis that culminates in an assessment of England's part in the shaping of the New World. |
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... King Edward the sixt ' . John Foxe , Actes and Monuments , ( London , 1576 ) , 1257 ( Frontispiece to Bk 9 ) Bodleian Library , Mason F. 148 IIa . The martyrdom of Dr Taylor . Ibid . , 1454 Ib . Prisoners in the Lollards ' Tower . Ibid ...
... King Edward the sixt ' . John Foxe , Actes and Monuments , ( London , 1576 ) , 1257 ( Frontispiece to Bk 9 ) Bodleian Library , Mason F. 148 IIa . The martyrdom of Dr Taylor . Ibid . , 1454 Ib . Prisoners in the Lollards ' Tower . Ibid ...
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... King's Bench and Common Pleas were added those of Star Chamber , Requests , Chancery , and Exchequer at the centre , Quarter Sessions and assizes in the shires . Because they are in English and less wedded to medieval formulas , the ...
... King's Bench and Common Pleas were added those of Star Chamber , Requests , Chancery , and Exchequer at the centre , Quarter Sessions and assizes in the shires . Because they are in English and less wedded to medieval formulas , the ...
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... King and his entourage under Mary , the alignment of English policy remained little changed until about 1568. Then English diplomacy gradually became hostile to Spain , while seeking alliance with the French . Fear that Philip II would ...
... King and his entourage under Mary , the alignment of English policy remained little changed until about 1568. Then English diplomacy gradually became hostile to Spain , while seeking alliance with the French . Fear that Philip II would ...
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... king , now ' Supreme Head in earth of the Church of England ' ; archbishops and bishops became the servants of their monarch as well as of their Maker ; and monastic houses and friaries were dissolved , their riches seized by the Crown ...
... king , now ' Supreme Head in earth of the Church of England ' ; archbishops and bishops became the servants of their monarch as well as of their Maker ; and monastic houses and friaries were dissolved , their riches seized by the Crown ...
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... King of Ireland , where before he had been merely Lord . Under Henry's aegis the image of monarchy acquired unprecedented grandeur . In his youth the King's superb physical presence generated the glamour which his father had lacked ...
... King of Ireland , where before he had been merely Lord . Under Henry's aegis the image of monarchy acquired unprecedented grandeur . In his youth the King's superb physical presence generated the glamour which his father had lacked ...
Contents
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3 The Rule of Northumberland | 60 |
4 The Reign of Mary Tudor | 86 |
5 The Structure of Government | 124 |
6 English Society | 160 |
7 The Establishment of Elizabethan Rule 15581572 | 229 |
8 The Road to War 15731588 | 271 |
11 Religion in Elizabethan England | 454 |
12 Family Kinsfolk and Neighbours | 497 |
13 England and the World | 520 |
Glossary | 540 |
Genealogical Tables | 543 |
Chronology | 547 |
Bibliography | 561 |
Index | 581 |
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