ABSTRACT

First published in 1955 and never out of print, this wonderfully written text by one of the great historians of the twentieth century has guided generations of students through the turbulent history of Tudor England.Now in its third edition, England Under the Tudors charts a historical period that saw some monumental changes in religion, monarchy,

chapter I|17 pages

The Tudor Problem

chapter 1|3 pages

Henry's Claim to the Crown

chapter 2|9 pages

Conspiracies

chapter 3|5 pages

Ireland and Scotland

chapter 4|7 pages

The Dynasty Secured

chapter 1|4 pages

Henry VII's Kingship

chapter 2|8 pages

Revenue

chapter 3|3 pages

Financial Administration

chapter 4|9 pages

Law and Order

chapter 5|4 pages

Parliament and the Church

chapter 1|4 pages

The Early Years of Henry VIII

chapter 2|10 pages

Wolsey's Rule in England

chapter 3|4 pages

Wolsey and the Church

chapter 4|10 pages

Wolsey's Foreign Policy

chapter 1|4 pages

The Origins of the Divorce

chapter 2|14 pages

State and Church in England

chapter 4|5 pages

Years without a Policy, 1529-32

chapter 1|3 pages

The New Minister

chapter 2|7 pages

The Royal Supremacy

chapter 3|3 pages

The Opposition

chapter 4|10 pages

The Dissolution of the Monasteries

chapter 5|10 pages

Foreign Policy and Religion, 1536-40

chapter 1|2 pages

Sovereignty

chapter 2|3 pages

Church of England

chapter 3|10 pages

Parliament

chapter 4|5 pages

Consolidation of Territory

chapter 5|4 pages

Administrative Reforms

chapter 6|9 pages

Paternalism

chapter 1|9 pages

The Last Years of Henry VIII

chapter 2|12 pages

Edward VI and the Revival of Faction

chapter 3|10 pages

Mary and the Failure of Reaction

chapter 1|5 pages

The Inflation

chapter 2|9 pages

The Land

chapter 3|13 pages

Industry and Trade

chapter 4|11 pages

Social Changes

chapter 1|7 pages

The Situation in 1558

chapter 2|7 pages

The Church of England Restored

chapter 3|4 pages

The Reformation in Scotland

chapter 4|7 pages

Marriage and Succession

chapter 5|4 pages

The Settlement Secured

chapter 6|4 pages

The Fall of Mary Queen of Scots

part XI|1 pages

The Growing Conflict, 1568-85

chapter 1|7 pages

The End of the Spanish Amity

chapter 2|6 pages

The Catholic Threat

chapter 3|5 pages

The Great Age of Elizabethan Puritanism

chapter 4|8 pages

The Constitutional Question

chapter 5|8 pages

Alençon and the Netherlands

chapter 1|9 pages

The Road to Asia: from Cabot to Fitch

chapter 2|9 pages

The Caribbean: Hawkins and Drake

chapter 3|5 pages

Propaganda and Colonisation

chapter 4|4 pages

The Navy

chapter 1|7 pages

England at War

chapter 3|6 pages

The Enterprise of England

chapter 4|8 pages

The War with Spain, 1589-1603

chapter 5|11 pages

The Conquest of Ireland

chapter 1|3 pages

Conservatism

chapter 2|6 pages

The Crown and Sovereignty

chapter 3|16 pages

Government

chapter 4|10 pages

The Church

part XV|1 pages

The Structure of the Age: Renaissance

chapter 1|4 pages

Intellectual Background

chapter 2|4 pages

The Fine Arts

chapter 3|16 pages

Literature

part XVI|2 pages

The Last Years

chapter 1|3 pages

The Church's Adversaries

chapter 2|6 pages

The Constitutional Question Again

chapter 3|3 pages

More Navigations

chapter 4|4 pages

The Tragedy of Essex

chapter 5|3 pages

The End

chapter 1|2 pages

Short Corrections

chapter 2|6 pages

The Tudor Revolution

chapter 3|4 pages

England During the Price Revolution

chapter 4|4 pages

Puritanism