Power in Tudor England

ISBN-13: 9780333598375 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 192 str.

David Loades

Opis

England was the most centralised state in medieval Europe. The Tudors built on this situation to reduce still further the provincial power of the nobility, and to eliminate the remaining jurisdictional franchises. But sixteenth century England was not monolithic, nor homogeneous. There were still strong local identities, both political and culture, and the Tudors achieved success by working through the local elites, rather than against them.

Spis treści

Preamble: a Personal Monarchy.- The Nature of Authority Structures.- The Council Royal Commissions.- The Parliament.- The Royal Court.- The Special Jurisdictions.- Regional and Provincial Identity Maps.- Select and Annotated Bibliography.- Index.