Henry VII

by Thrush; Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780582209121
• ISBN10: 0582209129
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317894315
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780582209121
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1997-02-18
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

This study reassesses the policies of the founder of the Tudor dynasty and shows how Henry worked within existing traditions rather than breaking with the past. Every facet of the reign is considered including the nature of government - both at central and local level, financial policy, relations with the Church, foreign policy, economic affairs and concludes by assessing Henry as a 'new monarch'.

Table of Contents

Editorial foreword	vii	(1)
Note on referencing system	vii	(1)
Preface to the Second Edition	viii	(1)
Preface to the Third Edition	viii	(1)
Acknowledgements	ix
PART ONE: THE BACKGROUND	1	(6)
1. THE YORKIST INHERITANCE	1	(4)
The government of the realm	2	(3)
2. YORKIST FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION	5	(2)
PART TWO: ANALYSIS	7	(84)
3. THE NEW KING	7	(4)
4. THE ROYAL FINANCES	11	(13)
Exchequer and Chamber	11	(3)
Land as a source of revenue	14	(2)
Feudal and prerogative revenue	16	(2)
Parliamentary grants, loans, and Benevolences	18	(3)
Henry's financial achievement	21	(3)
5. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT	24	(14)
The Council	24	(5)
The Council Learned	29	(2)
Politics and the Court	31	(2)
The Common Law and Chancery	33	(5)
6. REGIONAL GOVERNMENT	38	(14)
The role of the Nobility	38	(8)
Justices of the Peace	46	(2)
Ireland	48	(4)
7. GREAT COUNCILS AND PARLIAMENTS	52	(8)
Great Councils	52	(1)
Parliament	53	(1)
The Lords	54	(1)
The Commons	55	(1)
The functions of Parliament	56	(4)
8. THE CHURCH	60	(5)
9. THE ECONOMY	65	(9)
Enclosures	65	(2)
Wool and cloth	67	(2)
The expansion of overseas trade	69	(2)
The encouragement of English shipping	71	(3)
10. FOREIGN POLICY	74	(17)
The states of western Europe	74	(1)
Burgundy, Ireland and Lambert Simnel, 1485-87	75	(1)
The Breton crisis, 1487-92	76	(5)
Habsburg support for Yorkist pretenders and the problem of the Castilian succession	81	(5)
Scotland	86	(5)
PART THREE: ASSESSMENT	91	(6)
11. CONCLUSION	91	(6)
PART FOUR: DOCUMENTS	97	(13)
Chronological summary	110	(4)
Genealogy	114	(2)
Bibliography	116	(9)
Index	125