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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... officials to use their local influence to their own ends, just as the retinues of magnates in the fifteenth century had taken advantage of the protection of their lords for their own good, and this explains partly the unrest in some ...
... officials to use their local influence to their own ends, just as the retinues of magnates in the fifteenth century had taken advantage of the protection of their lords for their own good, and this explains partly the unrest in some ...
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... officials, the treasurer, chancellor, keeper of the privy seal, and advisers, Sir Reginald Bray (d. 1502), Sir Thomas Lovell and, later in the reign, Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley, saw to the execution of the royal will. Thirdly ...
... officials, the treasurer, chancellor, keeper of the privy seal, and advisers, Sir Reginald Bray (d. 1502), Sir Thomas Lovell and, later in the reign, Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley, saw to the execution of the royal will. Thirdly ...
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... Official, centralized authority combined with tight local control over peasants by men who possessed land, and social status provided governance for regions as well as the realm itself.3 These restorative achievements fitted well with ...
... Official, centralized authority combined with tight local control over peasants by men who possessed land, and social status provided governance for regions as well as the realm itself.3 These restorative achievements fitted well with ...
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... official lives'. All of their attention focused on the person of the monarch. Catching his eye or ear, wisdom suggested, could make a career. Losing access could mean the end of whatever one held dear, including life itself. The Court ...
... official lives'. All of their attention focused on the person of the monarch. Catching his eye or ear, wisdom suggested, could make a career. Losing access could mean the end of whatever one held dear, including life itself. The Court ...
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... officials to take an oath affirming their support of the break with Rome. The Act for the Submission of the Clergy made law the 1532 surrender, giving parliamentary authorization to the king's actions limiting the ability of the church ...
... officials to take an oath affirming their support of the break with Rome. The Act for the Submission of the Clergy made law the 1532 surrender, giving parliamentary authorization to the king's actions limiting the ability of the church ...
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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