A Companion to Tudor Britain

A Companion to Tudor Britain By
2004 | 598 Pages | ISBN: 063123618X | PDF | 5 MB
A Companion to Tudor Britain provides an authoritative overview of historical debates about this period, focusing on the whole British Isles. An authoritative overview of scholarly debates about Tudor Britain Focuses on the whole British Isles, exploring what was common and what was distinct to its four constituent elements Emphasises big cultural, social, intellectual, religious and economic themes Describes differing political and personal experiences of the time Discusses unusual subjects, such as the sense of the past amongst British constituent identities, the relationship of cultural forms to social and political issues, and the role of scientific inquiry Bibliographies point readers to further sources of information Content: Chapter 1 The Establishment of the Tudor Dynasty (pages 13-28): David GrummittChapter 2 The Rise of the Tudor State (pages 29-43): Joseph S. BlockChapter 3 Elizabethan Government and Politics (pages 44-60): David DeanChapter 4 The Court (pages 61-76): Retha WarnickeChapter 5 Law (pages 77-97): DeLloyd J. GuthChapter 6 County Government in England (pages 98-115): Steve HindleChapter 7 Town and City Government (pages 116-132): Catherine F. PattersonChapter 8 Centre and Periphery in the Tudor State (pages 133-150): Steven G. EllisChapter 9 Politics and Government of Scotland (pages 151-166): Jenny WormaldChapter 10 Anglo?Scottish Relations: Security and Succession (pages 167-181): Jane E. A. DawsonChapter 11 Britain and the Wider World (pages 182-200): David PotterChapter 12 Traditional Religion (pages 207-220): Ben R. McReeChapter 13 The Dissolutions and their Aftermath (pages 221-237): Peter CunichChapter 14 Religious Settlements (pages 238-253): Norman JonesChapter 15 Catholics and Recusants (pages 254-270): William SheilsChapter 16 The Protestant Opposition to Elizabethan Religious Reform (pages 271-288): Peter Iver KaufmanChapter 17 The Scottish Reformation (pages 289-305): Michael GrahamChapter 18 Rural Economy and Society (pages 311-329): R. W. HoyleChapter 19 The Urban Economy (pages 330-346): Alan DyerChapter 20 Metropolitan London (pages 347-362): Joseph P. WardChapter 21 Society and Social Relations in British Provincial Towns (pages 360-380): Robert TittlerChapter 22 Women in the British Isles in the Sixteenth Century (pages 381-399): Anne LaurenceChapter 23 Senses of the Past in Tudor Britain (pages 403-429): Daniel WoolfChapter 24 Tudor Drama, Theatre and Society (pages 430-447): Alexandra F. JohnstonChapter 25 Portraiture, Politics and Society (pages 448-469): Robert TittlerChapter 26 Architecture, Politics and Society (pages 470-491): Malcolm AirsChapter 27 Music, Politics and Society (pages 492-508): John MilsomChapter 28 Science and Technology (pages 509-525): Lesley B. Cormack