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Tudor England: A History

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Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2023
Tongue
English
Leaves
736
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


A compelling, authoritative account of the brilliant, conflicted, visionary world of Tudor England

✦ Table of Contents


CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Landscape and Seascape
2 β€˜His Wit Always Quick and Ready’: The reign of Henry VII
3 β€˜With My Own Eyes to See’: Early Tudor religion
4 Suffering in Life and Consolation in Death
5 β€˜Glorious Knight and Christian King’: 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 β€˜The Vigour of Invention’: 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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