Tudor England: A History
β Scribed by Lucy Wooding
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Year
- 2023
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 736
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
A compelling, authoritative account of the brilliant, conflicted, visionary world of Tudor England
β¦ Table of Contents
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Landscape and Seascape
2 βHis Wit Always Quick and Readyβ: The reign of Henry VII
3 βWith My Own Eyes to Seeβ: Early Tudor religion
4 Suffering in Life and Consolation in Death
5 βGlorious Knight and Christian Kingβ: The reign of Henry VIII
6 Authority and Dissent: The balance of power
7 From Utopia to Babel: The beginning of reformation
8 Edward VI and the Trials of the Young Josiah
9 βThe Vigour of Inventionβ: Renaissance words
10 The Problem of Queenship: The reign of Mary I
11 Imagining the Other: Europe and the wider world
12 The Invention of Gloriana: The reign of Elizabeth I
13 A World Divided
14 The Drama of Life and the Politics of Performance
Afterword
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index
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