Politics and Nation

England 1450 - 1660

D. M. Loades (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

488 Seiten

1999 | 5th edition
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-21459-5 (ISBN)

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Offers a political narrative of the rise and fall of the Tudor monarchy. This book begins with the factional quarrels which was the political life of England under Henry VI in the 1450s and then examines the rebuilding of the strength of royal government under Edward IV, Henry VII and Henry VIII.

David Loades is Emeritus Professor of the University of Wales and Honorary Research Professor of the University o0f Sheffield. He taught at the universities of St Andrews and Durham before moving to the University of Wales, Bangor in 1980 as Professor of History. His previous books include Mary Tudor: A Life (1989), The Tudor Court (1986) and Tudor Government (1997).

Preface to the Fifth Edition. Preface to the Fourth Edition.

Preface to the Third Edition.

Introduction.

Part I: The Eclipse of the Medieval Monarchy, 1450-1521:.

1. The Lack of Governance.

2. The Collapse of Obedience.

3. The Restoration of Authority.

4. The Foundation of the Tudor Monarchy.

Part II: The Establishment and Testing of the Tudor Monarchy, 1521-1570:.

5. The Administration of Cardinal Wolsey.

6. Thomas Cromwell and the Crisis of Authority.

7. Henry VIII and his Legacy.

8. Religious Reaction and the Spanish Marriage.

9. A New Queen and a New Identity.

Part III: The Decline of the Tudor Monarchy, 1571-1629:.

10. The Years of Stability.

11. The Stresses of War.

12. The New King and the Old Problems.

13. The Ascendancy of the Duke of Buckingham.

Part IV: The Collapse of Traditional Government, 1630-1660:.

14. The Failure of Communication.

15. Constitutional Stalemate and Civil War.

16. The Fall of the Monarchy, and Military Dictatorship.

Historiographical Appendix.

Notes.

Select Bibliography.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.3.1999
Reihe/Serie	Blackwell Classic Histories of England
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 234 mm
Gewicht	798 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-631-21459-3 / 0631214593
ISBN-13	978-0-631-21459-5 / 9780631214595
Zustand	Neuware