Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI
Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI

Author: Stephen Alford

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-05-02

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1139431560

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This book offers a reappraisal of the kingship and politics of the reign of Edward VI, the third Tudor king of England who reigned from the age of nine in 1547 until his death in 1553. The reign has often been interpreted as a period of political instability, mainly because of Edward's age, but this account challenges the view that the king's minority was a time of political faction. It shows how Edward was shaped and educated from the start for adult kingship, and how Edwardian politics evolved to accommodate a maturing and able young king. The book also explores the political values of the men around the king, and tries to reconstruct the relationships of family and association that bound together the governing elite in the king's Council, his court, and in the universities. It also assesses the impact of Edward's reign on Elizabethan politics.

Tudor England and its Neighbours
Tudor England and its Neighbours

Author: Glenn Richardson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-09-16

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1137056126

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This new study of Tudor international relations is the first in nearly thirty years. Adopting a fresh approach to the subject, this lively collection presents the work of a team of established and younger scholars who discuss how the Tudor monarchs made sense of the world beyond England's shores. Taking account of recent developments in cultural, gender and institutional history, the contributors analyse the important changes and continuities in England's foreign policy during the Tudor age. Tudor England and its Neighbours addresses key questions such as: - Did Henry VII break with the past by pursuing peace with France? - What was the impact of the break with Rome and the introduction of Protestantism on England's relations with other countries? - Was war between Elizabethan England and Spain inevitable? Using new evidence and reinterpreting traditional narratives, these essays illuminate the complexities and the sometimes surprising subtleties of England's international relations between 1485 and 1603.

The Early Elizabethan Polity
The Early Elizabethan Polity

Author: Stephen Alford

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-06-20

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780521892858

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An alternative account of the so-called 'succession crisis' in the first decade of the reign of Elizabeth I.

The Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Encyclopaedia Britannica

Author: Hugh Chisholm

Publisher:

Published: 1911

Total Pages: 1126

ISBN-13:

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This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.