Book
England under the Tudors
Methuen • 4 • Published In 1974 • Pages: xi, 522
By: Elton, G. R. (Geoffrey Rudolph).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an overview of political developments in England during Tudor times, with reference to relevant events in the British Isles as a whole, Western Europe, and the New World. Revisions made in 1972 are grouped in Chapter XVII.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Classes
- Chief executive
- Advisers to the chief executive
- Deliberative councils
- External relations
- Exploitation
- Instigation of war
- Warfare
- Priesthood
- Religious denominations
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- Ethnosociology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- British (1485-1603)
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- British Isles
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; Martin Malone; 1976-1977
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1485-1603
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- England and Wales, United Kingdom
- NotesAdditional notes
- by G. R. Elton
- Titles of chapters and subchapter: I. The Tudor Problem; II. Henry VII: Securing the Dynasty, 1. Henrys Claim to the Crown, 2. Conspiracies, 3. Ireland and Scotland, 4. The Dynasty Secured; III. Henry VII: Restoration of Government, 1. Henry VIIs Kingship, 2. Revenue, 3. Financial Administration, 4. Law and Order, 5. Parliament and the Church; IV. The Great Cardinal, 1. The Early Years of Henry VIII, 2. Wolseys Rule in England, 3. Wolsey and the Church, 4. Wolseys Foreign Policy; V. The Kings Great Matter, 1. The Origins of the Divorce, 2. State and Church in England, 3. The Progress of the Divorce to Wolseys Fall, 4. Years without a Policy, 1529-32; VI. Thomas Cromwell and the Break with Rome, 1. The New Minister, 2. The Royal Supremacy, 3. The Opposition, 4. The Dissolution of the Monasteries, 5. Foreign Policy and Religion, 1536-40; VII. The Tudor Revolution: Empire and Commonwealth, 1. Sovereignty, 2. Church of England, 3. Parliament, 4. Consolidation of Territory, 5. Administrative Reforms, 6. Paternalism; VIII. The Crisis of the Tudors, 1540-58, 1. The Last Years of Henry VIII, 2. Edward VI and the Revival of Faction, 3. Mary and the Failure of Reaction; IX. England During the Price Revolution, 1. The Situation in 1558, 2. The Church of England Restored, 3. The Reformation in Scotland, 4. Marriage and Succession, 5. The Settlement Secured, 6. The Fall of Mary Queen of Scots; XI. The Growing Conflict, 1568-85, 1. The End of the Spanish Amity, 2. The Catholic Threat, 3. The Great Age of Elizabethan Puritanism, 4. The Constitutional Question, 5. Alençon and the Netherlands; XII. Seapower, 1. The Road to Asia: From Cabot to Fitch, 2. The Caribbean: Hawkins and Drake, 3. Propaganda and Colonisation, 4. The Navy; XIII. War, 1585-1603, 1. England at War, 2. The Beginning of the War and the End of Mary Stuart, 3. The Enterprise of England, 4. The War with Spain, 1589-1603, 5. The Conquest of Ireland; XIV. The Structure of the Age: Conservatism, 1. Conservatism, 2. The Crown and Sovereignty, 3. Government, 4. The Church; XV. The Structure of the Age: Renaissance, 1. Intellectual Background, 2. The Fine Arts, 3. Literature; XVI. The Last Years, 1. The Churchs Adversaries, 2. The Constitutional Question Again, 3. More Navigations, 4. The Tragedy of Essex, 5. The End; XVII. Revisions (1972). 1. Short Corrections, 2. The Tudor Revolution, 3. England During the Price Revolution, 4. Puritanism.
- Distributed in the USA by Harper and Row Publishers, Barnes & Noble Import Division.
- Researchers should consult category 114 for Elton's 1978 revisions. Category 648 was used for events on the continent to provide context for Englands international relations. Marking decisions for this source were Reformation—798; Enclosure—423, 311; craft gilds—467; livery companies—441.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-506) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74185525
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tudor, House of
- Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603
- England--Civilization--16th century