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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... RULE OF PROTECTOR SOMERSET 1. The Henrician Inheritance 2. Somerset and Government XV xvii xviii xix xxi I I 18 21 31 31 3. Scotland 4. Religion 5. Social and Agrarian Policy 6. 1549 : Riot and Revolt 7. The Fall of Somerset 35 39 4I 46 ...
... RULE OF PROTECTOR SOMERSET 1. The Henrician Inheritance 2. Somerset and Government XV xvii xviii xix xxi I I 18 21 31 31 3. Scotland 4. Religion 5. Social and Agrarian Policy 6. 1549 : Riot and Revolt 7. The Fall of Somerset 35 39 4I 46 ...
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... RULE , 1558-1572 229 I. Accession and Settlement , 1558-1563 2. The Years of Peace , 1564-1568 229 246 3. The Crisis Years , 1568-1572 4. Ireland , 1558–1572 253 265 8. THE ROAD TO WAR , 1573-1588 271 1. France and the Netherlands ...
... RULE , 1558-1572 229 I. Accession and Settlement , 1558-1563 2. The Years of Peace , 1564-1568 229 246 3. The Crisis Years , 1568-1572 4. Ireland , 1558–1572 253 265 8. THE ROAD TO WAR , 1573-1588 271 1. France and the Netherlands ...
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... rule of a boy was followed , after a brief struggle for the succession , by that of England's first queen regnant since Matilda in the twelfth century . Expensive wars against the Scots and the French undermined royal finances and ...
... rule of a boy was followed , after a brief struggle for the succession , by that of England's first queen regnant since Matilda in the twelfth century . Expensive wars against the Scots and the French undermined royal finances and ...
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... rule emerged , with the formal and the informal , the permanent and the ad hoc agencies operating together . This reorganization of county government was accompanied by a dif- fusion of regional and local power . The great magnates who ...
... rule emerged , with the formal and the informal , the permanent and the ad hoc agencies operating together . This reorganization of county government was accompanied by a dif- fusion of regional and local power . The great magnates who ...
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... rule in the Low Countries drew England into the European conflict and in 1585 Elizabeth was forced reluctantly into open , though limited , war . The English role remained primarily naval and defensive . In spite of the massively ...
... rule in the Low Countries drew England into the European conflict and in 1585 Elizabeth was forced reluctantly into open , though limited , war . The English role remained primarily naval and defensive . In spite of the massively ...
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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