Who Ruled Tudor England : Paradoxes of Power (Paperback)

Preface Introduction Part I: Historians Historians of Tudor Government: Sir Geoffrey Elton R.B. Wernham Penry Williams Gerald Harriss C.S.L. Davies Jennifer Loach Peter Gwyn Part II: History 1a. Monarchy: legitimacy and personality 1b. Monarchy: ceremony, the arts, tyranny? 2. The power of the nobility 3. Parliament: the political nation 4. Finance 5. Military organisation 6. A 'Tudor revolution in government'? 7. The personal 8. Enforcement, dissent and rebellion 9a. Poverty and policy 9b. The crown and religion in Tudor England 9c. The exception of Ireland Conclusion: Paradoxes of Power Epilogue: the influence and legacy of Sir Geoffrey Elton Bibliography Index