A Companion to Tudor Britain

by Tittler, Robert; Jones, Norman L.

• ISBN13: 9781405189743
• ISBN10: 1405189746
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-07
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

A Companion to Tudor Britain provides an authoritative overview of historical debates about this period, focusing on the whole British Isles. An authoritative overview of scholarly debates about Tudor Britain. Focuses on the whole British Isles, exploring what was common and what was distinct to its four constituent elements. Emphasises big cultural, social, intellectual, religious and economic themes. Describes differing political and personal experiences of the time. Discusses unusual subjects, such as the sense of the past amongst British constituent identities, the relationship of cultural forms to social and political issues, and the role of scientific inquiry. Bibliographies point readers to further sources of information.

Author Biography

Robert Tittler is Professor of History at Concordia University. His recent publications include The Reformation and the Towns in England: Politics and Political Culture c. 1540–1640 (1998) and Townspeople and Nation: English Urban Experiences, 1540–1640 (2001). He is co-founder and Chair of the Montreal British History Seminar and Chair of the Executive Board of Records of Early English Drama.

Norman Jones is Professor and Chair of History at Utah State University. His recent publications include The Birth of the Elizabethan Age: England in the 1560s (Blackwell, 1992) and The English Reformation: Religion and Cultural Adaptation (Blackwell, 2002).

Table of Contents

List of Maps

Notes on Contributors

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

Government and Politics

Establishing the Tudor Dynasty

The Rise of the Tudor State

Elizabethan Government and Politics

The Courts

The Law

County Government in England and Wales

Town and City Government

Regional Political Relations

Politics and Government of Scotland

Anglo-Scottish Relations

Britain and the Wider World

Belief: Introduction

Traditional Belief and Practice

The Dissolutions and their Aftermath

Religious Settlements

Catholic Recusancy

Protestant Dissent in Elizabethan England

The Scottish Reformation

People and Groups

Rural Economy and Society

The Urban Economy

The Great Metropolis

Society and Social Relations

Women in the British Isles

Culture

The Sense of the Past

Tudor Drama, Theatre and Society

Portraiture, Politics and Society

Architecture, Politics and Society

Music, Politics and Society

Science, Technology and Society

Bibliography

Index

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