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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 produ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Penry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1995.
Colección:New Oxford history of England.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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