Tudor England : a history

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"In this compelling new history, Lucy Wooding explores every aspect of life in Tudor England, reassessing not just how monarchs ruled, but also how men and women thought, wrote, lived and died. Wooding sheds new light on a society rich in ideas and ideals as well as conflicts and controversies. We see a monarchy under strain; religion in crisis; a population contending with war, rebellion, plague and poverty. Tudor England presents a markedly dif...

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Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603

Tudor family

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ISBN:

9780300162721

Description:

xii, 708 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Landscape and seascape
'His wit always quick and ready' : the reign of Henry VII --'With my own eyes to see' : early Tudor religion
Suffering in life and consolation in death
'Glorious knight and Christian king' : the reign of Henry VIII
Authority and dissent : the balance of power
From Utopia to Babel : the beginning of reformation
Edward VI and the trials of the young Josiah
'The vigour of invention' : Renaissance words
The problem of queenship : the reign of Mary I
Imagining the other : Europe and the wider world
The invention of gloriana : The reign of Elizabeth I
A world divided
The drama of life and the politics of performance

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2022942422

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3253221

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