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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... common by day and were folded on the arable at night . But the soil was much less promising than in the downland . Early in the eighteenth century Daniel Defoe depicted Bagshot Heath in sombre terms : ' not only poor , but even quite ...
... common by day and were folded on the arable at night . But the soil was much less promising than in the downland . Early in the eighteenth century Daniel Defoe depicted Bagshot Heath in sombre terms : ' not only poor , but even quite ...
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... common pastures . Their houses were clustered together in the centre of the open fields , and their holdings interspersed one with another in the arable area , which was divided into two , three , four , or occasionally even more open ...
... common pastures . Their houses were clustered together in the centre of the open fields , and their holdings interspersed one with another in the arable area , which was divided into two , three , four , or occasionally even more open ...
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... common pasture , the woodland and forest regions could often support large numbers of immigrants and squatters . The eighteenth - century agriculturalist , William Marshall , gives an admirable picture of the woodland region of south ...
... common pasture , the woodland and forest regions could often support large numbers of immigrants and squatters . The eighteenth - century agriculturalist , William Marshall , gives an admirable picture of the woodland region of south ...
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... 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 and of ...
... 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 and of ...
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... 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 proceedings of Star ...
... 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 proceedings of Star ...
Contents
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31 | |
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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