The later Tudors : England, 1547-1603
The Later Tudors tells the story of England between the accession of Edward VI and the death of Elizabeth I. The turbulent second half of the sixteenth century was a period of intense conflict between the nations of Europe, and between competing Catholic and Protestant beliefs. These struggles produced acute anxiety in England, but the nation was saved from the disasters that befell her neighbours and, by the end of Elizabeth's reign, had achieved a remarkable sense of political and religious identity. This masterly and comprehensive study explains how this process came about
eBook, English, 1995
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 1995
History
1 online resource (xxi, 606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
9780192543967, 0192543962
624456471
Cover
Title
Copyright
General Editor's Preface
Preface
Contents
Plates
Maps and Tables
Acknowledgements to Illustrations
Abbreviations
Note on Spelling
1. Introduction
1. The Face of Britain
2. The Evidence
3. 1547-1603: An Overview
2. The Rule of Protector Somerset
1. The Henrician Inheritance
2. Somerset and Government
3. Scotland
4. Religion
5. Social and Agrarian Policy
6. 1549: Riot and Revolt
7. The Fall of Somerset
3. The Rule of Northumberland 1. The Achievement of Power2. Government and Policy under Northumberland
3. Religious Change
4. Ireland
5. The Succession Crisis
4. The Reign of Mary Tudor
1. The Installation of the Regime
2. Wyatt's Rebellion and its Aftermath
3. The Spanish Marriage and the Return to Rome
4. Persecution and War, 1555-1558
5. Marian Ireland
6. Marian Religion
7. Marian Politics
5. The Structure of Government
1. The Royal Court
2. The Privy Council
3. Parliament
4. The Executive Machine
5. Financial Institutions 6. The Lawcourts7. Local Government
8. The Royal Servants
6. English Society
1. Prices
2. London
3. Provincial Towns
4. Rural Society
5. Domestic Houses and Palaces
6. Difficulties in Governing Town and Country
7. The Establishment of Elizabethan Rule, 1558-1572
1. Accession and Settlement, 1558-1563
2. The Years of Peace, 1564-1568
3. The Crisis Years, 1568-1572
4. Ireland, 1558-1572
8. The Road to War, 1573-1588
1. France and the Netherlands, 1573-1578
2. The Anjou Match and the Netherlands, 1578-1582 3. Ireland, 1573-1588: Colonization and Rebellion4. Assassination Plots and the Spanish Threat, 1583-1585
5. War and the Armada, 1585-1588
9. The Final Years, 1588-1603
1. Dramatis Personae
2. Continental War and Domestic Faction, 1588-1595
3. The Last Years of Lord Burghley, 1595-1598
4. The Essex Rising, 1598-1601
5. The End of the Reign, 1601-1603
10. Art, Power, and The Social Order
1. The Social Context
2. Patronage
3. Censorship
4. Sources of Ideas and Imagery
5. 'Feigning Notable Images' 6. 'To Fashion a Gentleman'7. 'Degree, Priority, and Place'
8. Elite and Popular Culture
11. Religion in Elizabethan England
1. Beginnings
2. The Church Established
3. The English Catholics
4. The Puritans
5. A Protestant Church? A Protestant Nation?
12. Family, Kinsfolk, and Neighbours
1. The Family
2. The Making of Marriages
3. Husband and Wife
4. Parents and Children
5. Kin and Lineage
6. Neighbours
13. England and the World
1. The British Problem
2. The Wider World
3. England and Europe
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