Tudor and Stuart Britain, 1485-1714

Providing detailed coverage of the main political and religious issues of the age, this new edition of Tudor and Stuart Britain has expanded sections on Ireland and Scotland, ensuring the text considers Britain as a whole. Historiographically up to date, there is also extra coverage of economic and social topics including trade and industry, the structure of society, the treatment of the poor, and the role of women. A guide to further reading lists the principal works published on the period since 1990, providing students with an excellent resource for extra research. This tex.

The problems of the post-war settlement.

Cover; Tudor and Stuart Britain; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 The new monarchy; The end of the Wars of the Roses; The royal administration; The royal finances; Henry VII and Parliament; The Church; Foreign policy; A new monarchy?; 2 King and Cardinal; Wolsey's rise to power; Wolsey and the Church; Wolsey and the royal administration; Wolsey and Parliament; Foreign policy; Henry VIII's 'great matter'; Wolsey's fall from power; 3 The break with Rome; The Reformation Parliament; Thomas Cromwell; Thomas Cranmer; The royal supremacy revealed.

The theoretical foundations of the royal supremacyThe Henrician Reformation; The Dissolution of the monasteries I: The smaller houses; The Dissolution of the monasteries II: The Pilgrimage of Grace and the larger houses; 4 Henry VIII's Government; Court, Council and Chamber; The secretaryship; Financial administration; The government of the localities; Parliament; Cromwell's fall and the closing years of Henry VIII's reign; 5 Edward VI and Mary I; Protector Somerset; The First Prayer Book; The Western Rising and Kett's rebellion; Northumberland and the Second Prayer Book; Mary I.

Protestant exile and catholic reactio…