ABSTRACT

A Political History of Tudor and Stuart England draws together a fascinating selection of sources to illuminate this turbulent era of English history. From the bloody overthrow of Richard III in 1485, to the creation of a worldwide imperial state under Queen Anne, these sources illustrate England's difficult transition from the medieval to the modern.
Covering a period characterised by conflict and division, this wide-ranging single-volume collection presents the accounts of Yorkists and Lancastrians, Protestants and Catholics, and Roundheads and Cavaliers side by side. A Political History of Tudor and Stuart England provides a crucial opportunity for students to examine the institutions and events that moulded English history in the early modern era at first-hand.

chapter |2 pages

INTRODUCTION

part |2 pages

PART I Context

chapter 1|22 pages

The Court and the Crown

chapter 2|13 pages

Central Government

chapter 3|13 pages

The Law

chapter 4|9 pages

Local Authority

chapter 5|18 pages

Parliament

chapter 6|9 pages

The British Context

part |2 pages

PART II Politics in Action

chapter 7|27 pages

The Early Tudors

chapter 8|12 pages

The Later Tudors

chapter 9|19 pages

The Early Stuarts and Civil War

chapter 10|23 pages

Restoration to Revolution