The political history of Tudor and Stuart England : a sourcebook / Victor Stater.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Chapter INTRODUCTION -- part PART I Context -- chapter 1 The Court and the Crown -- chapter 2 Central Government -- chapter 3 The Law -- chapter 4 Local Authority -- chapter 5 Parliament -- chapter 6 The British Context -- part PART II Politics in Action -- chapter 7 The Early Tudors -- chapter 8 The Later Tudors -- chapter 9 The Early Stuarts and Civil War -- chapter 10 Restoration to Revolution.

Annotation A Political History of Tudor and Stuart Englanddraws together a fascinating selection of sources to illuminate this turbulent era of English history. From the bloody overthrow of Richard III in 1485, to the creation of a worldwide imperial state under Queen Anne, these sources illustrate England's difficult transition from the medieval to the modern.Covering a period characterised by conflict and division, this wide-ranging single-volume collection presents the accounts of Yorkists and Lancastrians, Protestants and Catholics, and Roundheads and Cavaliers side by side. A Political History of Tudor and Stuart Englandprovides a crucial opportunity for students to examine the institutions and events that moulded English history in the early modern era at first-hand.

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