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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... remained fairly static for the next hundred years , after which it again began to grow . Elsewhere in Europe during the early modern era periodic famines and epidemics severely cut back population and prevented that long - term increase ...
... remained fairly static for the next hundred years , after which it again began to grow . Elsewhere in Europe during the early modern era periodic famines and epidemics severely cut back population and prevented that long - term increase ...
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... remained permanently single . In the ' high - pressure ' systems of Eastern Europe and Asia , and even of early modern France , population always threatened to rise too rapidly ahead of resources , producing recurrent and drastic ...
... remained permanently single . In the ' high - pressure ' systems of Eastern Europe and Asia , and even of early modern France , population always threatened to rise too rapidly ahead of resources , producing recurrent and drastic ...
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... reforms of Thomas Cromwell , remained loose . The Privy Council , established as the central agency of executive government in the 1530s and 1540s , regained GOVERNMENT 25 that position after some uncertainty in the early 24 INTRODUCTION.
... reforms of Thomas Cromwell , remained loose . The Privy Council , established as the central agency of executive government in the 1530s and 1540s , regained GOVERNMENT 25 that position after some uncertainty in the early 24 INTRODUCTION.
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... 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 establish absol- ute rule in the Low Countries drew England into the ...
... 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 establish absol- ute rule in the Low Countries drew England into the ...
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... remained in sole charge of the office until the appointment of Sir Thomas Smith nine months later . Petre was a shadowy figure , essentially a political survivor , who weathered successive crises and kept his hold on office from 1544 ...
... remained in sole charge of the office until the appointment of Sir Thomas Smith nine months later . Petre was a shadowy figure , essentially a political survivor , who weathered successive crises and kept his hold on office from 1544 ...
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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