| PART ONE Medieval Twilight: 1399 to 1485 |
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1 | (70) |
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The Curse of Disputed Succession |
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3 | (21) |
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The Fall of Richard II (1377--1399) |
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3 | (6) |
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9 | (3) |
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Henry V (1413--1422) and the War Against France |
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12 | (9) |
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Henry VI (1422--1461, 1471): Part I, the Years of Minority |
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21 | (3) |
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Economic Collapse and Social Dislocation |
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24 | (24) |
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Changes in the Structure and Spirit of Feudalism |
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24 | (4) |
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The Black Death (1348, 1361, 1369) |
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28 | (2) |
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Economic Crisis (1400--1475) |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (2) |
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38 | (4) |
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42 | (6) |
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48 | (23) |
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Henry VI (1440--1461, 1471): Part 2, the Years of Incompetence |
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48 | (4) |
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The Failure of Parliament |
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52 | (4) |
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56 | (2) |
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58 | (4) |
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62 | (2) |
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Edward V (April 9--July 6, 1483) |
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64 | (2) |
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66 | (1) |
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The Battle of Bosworth Field |
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67 | (4) |
| PART TWO Rebuilding Society, Tudor Style: 1485 to 1547 |
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71 | (76) |
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Economic Resurgence and Social Change |
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73 | (16) |
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73 | (4) |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (2) |
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Social and Intellectual Change |
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81 | (3) |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (3) |
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Old Bottles, New Wines: The Reign of Henry VII |
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89 | (21) |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (3) |
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Financial Solvency and Fiscal Feudalism |
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94 | (5) |
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The Resurgence of Royal Authority and the Rule of Law |
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99 | (4) |
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103 | (2) |
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Tudor Cosmology and the Body Politic |
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105 | (5) |
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This Realm of England Is an Empire |
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110 | (18) |
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110 | (2) |
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112 | (7) |
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119 | (3) |
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122 | (6) |
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The Floodgates of Reformation |
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128 | (19) |
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Debate over the Reformation |
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129 | (8) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (2) |
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Religion, Matrimony, and Diplomacy |
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141 | (6) |
| PART THREE Uneasy Equilibrium: 1547 to 1603 |
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147 | (94) |
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149 | (19) |
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149 | (3) |
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The Failure of Foreign Policy: France and Scotland |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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Economic Trauma and Social Upheaval |
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154 | (2) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (4) |
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168 | (43) |
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168 | (2) |
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The Elizabethan Religious Settlement |
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170 | (2) |
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Religion and Diplomacy (1558--1572) |
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172 | (3) |
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John Knox and Mary Queen of Scots |
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175 | (4) |
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The Elizabethan Body Politic |
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179 | (7) |
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The Landed Country Gentleman |
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186 | (5) |
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The Theory of Paternalistic Government |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (4) |
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Life at the Bottom: The Village and Family |
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197 | (7) |
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204 | (3) |
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207 | (4) |
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211 | (30) |
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Cold War---Sixteenth-Century Style |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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Philip II of Spain and His Great Enterprise |
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213 | (3) |
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Mary of Scotland and the Menace of English Catholicism |
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216 | (2) |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (6) |
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The Elizabethan House of Commons |
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225 | (2) |
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The Winds of Economic and Intellectual Change |
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227 | (6) |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (1) |
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A Woman in a Man's World: The Gender Issue |
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236 | (5) |
| PART FOUR The Demise of the Tudor State: 1603 to 1660 |
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241 | (76) |
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Straining the System: The Reign of James I |
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243 | (25) |
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James VI and I (1603--1625) |
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244 | (2) |
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The Failure of Fiscal Reform |
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246 | (4) |
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250 | (3) |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (3) |
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``No Land Uninhabitable, No Sea Innavigable'': Overseas Expansion and the Founding of Colonies |
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259 | (6) |
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Foreign Policy and Renewed War with Spain |
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265 | (3) |
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Charles I and the Royal Road to War |
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268 | (24) |
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Charles I (1625--1649): A Tidy King |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (5) |
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Eleven Years of ``Brave and Noble Resolutions'' (1629--1640) |
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275 | (2) |
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Makeshift Absolutism: Stuart Paternalism and the Policy of ``Thorough'' |
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277 | (4) |
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Archbishop Laud and the ``Reform'' of the Church |
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281 | (3) |
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War and the Collapse of Personal Rule |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (7) |
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``This Bloody and Unnatural War'' |
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292 | (25) |
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292 | (3) |
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295 | (3) |
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The Drift Toward Revolution |
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298 | (3) |
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The End of the Old Constitution |
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301 | (3) |
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The Rump Against the Army |
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304 | (3) |
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307 | (3) |
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310 | (2) |
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312 | (5) |
| PART FIVE Society Restyled: 1660 to 1688 |
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317 | (44) |
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Charles II and the Fruits of Revolution |
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319 | (21) |
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John Milton Versus Thomas Hobbs |
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320 | (2) |
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The Restoration: What Was Restored |
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322 | (6) |
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328 | (7) |
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My Lord of Shaftesbury and the Popish Plot |
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335 | (5) |
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The Triumph of the Oligarchs |
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340 | (21) |
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James II (1685--1689): A King of ``No True Judgment'' |
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340 | (4) |
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344 | (3) |
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347 | (2) |
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349 | (12) |
| Appendix |
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361 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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363 | (26) |
| Index |
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