Chronicles of the Tudor Queens

by Loades, David M.

• ISBN13: 9780750927420
• ISBN10: 0750927429
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square

Summary

Recreating the dramatic events and personalities of Mary and Elizabeth's reigns, this book uses the words of their contemporaries as witnesses to an extraordinary period of history in the making.

Author Biography

David Loades is Honorary Research Professor at the University of Sheffield.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
List of Plates	vii
Introduction	ix
PART I: QUEEN JANE AND QUEEN MARY
The Suffolk Line	2	(5)
The Crisis of July 1553	7	(5)
Mary is Received and Established	12	(5)
The Old Religion	17	(5)
The First Ruling Queen	22	(3)
Negotiations for Marriage	25	(6)
Mary and the Papacy	31	(3)
The Wyatt Rebellion	34	(5)
Elizabeth Imprisoned	39	(3)
The Marriage of Philip and Mary	42	(4)
Anglo-Spanish Entanglements	46	(2)
Reconciliation with Rome	48	(4)
The City of London	52	(3)
Religious Persecution	55	(5)
The Queen's Pregnancy	60	(3)
The Religious Exile	63	(5)
The Court of Philip and Mary	68	(5)
Queen Mary's Navy	73	(3)
The Problem of Elizabeth	76	(5)
Plots and Conspiracies	81	(5)
War with France	86	(6)
The Death of Queen Mary	92	(6)
PART II: QUEEN ELIZABETH
The Accession of a New Queen	98	(7)
The Settlement of Religion	105	(11)
Intervention in Scotland	116	(7)
Marriage and the Succession	123	(6)
Intervention in France	129	(4)
The State of the Nation	133	(5)
New Departures	138	(7)
Tragedy in Scotland	145	(6)
Dangerous Courses, 1568--72	151	(10)
French Connections	161	(7)
The Problem of the Netherlands	168	(7)
Elizabeth's Court	175	(9)
Protestant Nonconformity	184	(7)
Towards War	191	(9)
The Fate of Mary, Queen of Scots	200	(11)
The Presbyterian Challenge	211	(6)
War, 1585--90	217	(9)
Catholic Recusancy	226	(6)
The Elizabethan Navy and the Privateers	232	(8)
The Spanish War, 1590--1604	240	(7)
Ireland	247	(8)
Money and Hardship	255	(7)
Roanoake and Imperial Ambition	262	(5)
The Cult of Gloriana	267	(6)
Music and Theatre	273	(6)
Cecil and Essex	279	(7)
The Last Years of the Reign	286	(7)
Appendix: Maps	293	(2)
Reading Suggestions	295	(8)
Index	303