Among the senior aristocrats, trouble came from the Pole family, which supported Reginald Pole who was in exile in continental Europe. A couple of brief examples: in chapter 8, Guy makes the interesting claim that during the 1591 royal visit to Cowdray Park, home of the Catholic Viscount Montague, the privy council “agreed the texts of two of the harshest royal proclamations against Catholics of Elizabeth’s reign” (154), which were published some months later and marked a significant shift in the regime’s religious policy. He drained his treasury on military and naval affairs, diverting the revenues from new taxes and the sales of monastery lands. Main subjects within Tudor social history includes courtship and marriage, the food they consumed and the clothes they wore. We publish a Literature Newsletter when we have news and features on UK and international literature, plus opportunities for the industry to share.

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He remains full of "admiration and affection" for Elton, while conceding that he could be something of a "control freak".A few leaders were executed, but many of the gentry saved their lives by handing over their lands to Queen Elizabeth. Nicolas (7 vols; London, 1834–7); Calendar of Letters, Despatches, and State Papers Relating to the Negotiations between England and Spain (13 vols; London, 1862–1954); G.

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It's not about personalities in the sense that we are used to reading about the movers and shakers of this period - their love lives and plotting and downfall etc. From Henry VII's capture of the crown at Bosworth in 1485 to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, Tudor England witnessed far-reaching changes in politics and religion under Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth herself.

Historians until the late 20th century thought that the causes were a widespread dissatisfaction or even disgust with the evils, corruptions, failures, and contradictions of the established religion, setting up an undertone of anti-clericalism that indicated a rightness [ Maybe "ripeness" was intended. In large part it proved destructive, for while it helped to debar a revival of Catholic devotion it clearly contain elements which injured the reputation of Protestantism.