England Under the TudorsFirst 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, government and the arts. Elton's classic and highly readable introduction to the Tudor period offers an essential source of information from the start of Henry VII's reign to the death of Elizabeth I. |
Contents
I The Tudor Problem | 1 |
Securing the Dynasty | 18 |
Restoration of Government | 42 |
IV The Great Cardinal | 70 |
V The Kings Great Matter | 98 |
VI Thomas Cromwell and the Break with Rome | 127 |
Empire and Commonwealth | 160 |
VIII The Crisis of the Tudors 154058 | 193 |
XI The Growing Conflict 156885 | 295 |
XII Seapower | 330 |
XIII War 15851603 | 357 |
Conservatism | 395 |
Renaissance | 430 |
XVI The Last Years | 455 |
XVII Revisions 1972 | 476 |
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