A Companion to Tudor BritainRobert Tittler, Norman L. Jones A Companion to Tudor Britain provides an authoritative overview of historical debates about this period, focusing on the whole British Isles.
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... Edward Tudor, sacked Edinburgh, devastated Dundee, and ended with the massacre of Scots after the battle of Pinkie in 1547. This maladroit policy drove the Scots into close alliance with the French, and made them players against the ...
... Edward Tudor, sacked Edinburgh, devastated Dundee, and ended with the massacre of Scots after the battle of Pinkie in 1547. This maladroit policy drove the Scots into close alliance with the French, and made them players against the ...
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... Edward I in 1284, but not until the Act of Union passed by the English parliament in 1536, reinforced by another broad Act of 1543, did Wales begin to become integrated with the English administrative system and to gain representatives ...
... Edward I in 1284, but not until the Act of Union passed by the English parliament in 1536, reinforced by another broad Act of 1543, did Wales begin to become integrated with the English administrative system and to gain representatives ...
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... Edward IV. In exile Henry had been the plaything of princely diplomacy. In 1471 he and Iasper had probably planned to go to the court of the French king, Louis XI, where Iasper was a pensioner, but storms had forced them to the coast of ...
... Edward IV. In exile Henry had been the plaything of princely diplomacy. In 1471 he and Iasper had probably planned to go to the court of the French king, Louis XI, where Iasper was a pensioner, but storms had forced them to the coast of ...
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... Edward IV, as his queen and was acclaimed king ofEngland by the exiles. Nevertheless, Henry's position was far from assured and his accession to the English throne as distant as ever. The new French king, Charles VIII, played an ...
... Edward IV, as his queen and was acclaimed king ofEngland by the exiles. Nevertheless, Henry's position was far from assured and his accession to the English throne as distant as ever. The new French king, Charles VIII, played an ...
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... Edward IV and largely completed by the end of Elizabeth's reign.5 Although local stresses did occur, Henry brought strong kingship and through that exorcised many of the ghosts of the fifteenth century. On the other hand, Christine ...
... Edward IV and largely completed by the end of Elizabeth's reign.5 Although local stresses did occur, Henry brought strong kingship and through that exorcised many of the ghosts of the fifteenth century. On the other hand, Christine ...
Contents
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Part II Belief | 201 |
Part III People and Groups | 307 |
Part IV Culture | 401 |
Bibliography | 526 |
Index | 563 |
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