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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... became common in the market towns . Stone for cathedrals , churches , castles , and palaces was usually quarried locally and gave these great build- ings their particular regional quality : the golden oolite limestone of the Cotswolds ...
... became common in the market towns . Stone for cathedrals , churches , castles , and palaces was usually quarried locally and gave these great build- ings their particular regional quality : the golden oolite limestone of the Cotswolds ...
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... became more abundant than before . Most of the main sources later used by medievalists continued to be produced , some of them greatly expanded in volume and detail , while new types of evidence became available . The topographical ...
... became more abundant than before . Most of the main sources later used by medievalists continued to be produced , some of them greatly expanded in volume and detail , while new types of evidence became available . The topographical ...
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... became increasingly voluminous , and those in the Public Record office are supple- mented by the collections of William Cecil and his son , Robert , the former in the Lansdowne Manuscripts of the British Library , the latter at Hatfield ...
... became increasingly voluminous , and those in the Public Record office are supple- mented by the collections of William Cecil and his son , Robert , the former in the Lansdowne Manuscripts of the British Library , the latter at Hatfield ...
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... became more literate . Not only could about 30 per cent of men sign their names in 1600 , but reading books and writing letters was by then a natural part of life for gentry and merchants . Fifteenth - century England has been ...
... became more literate . Not only could about 30 per cent of men sign their names in 1600 , but reading books and writing letters was by then a natural part of life for gentry and merchants . Fifteenth - century England has been ...
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... became a flood when the authority of the state was placed behind that of the Church'.39 Parish registers have allowed the use of sophisticated techniques in historical demography , while wills and their accompanying inventories make ...
... became a flood when the authority of the state was placed behind that of the Church'.39 Parish registers have allowed the use of sophisticated techniques in historical demography , while wills and their accompanying inventories make ...
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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