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Loading... Tudor England (original 1950; edition 1950)by S.T. Bindoff
Work InformationTudor England by S. T. Bindoff (1950)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a fine, brief introduction to Tudor England. This period is one of the most interesting and most widely studied times in English history. Any number of films have been set in this time. So to manage to pack such a great amount of information into such a slim volume is astonishing. Bindoff's scholarship is superb. ( ) no reviews | add a review
The author sets the scene with a picture of the England of the late 15th century and examines the utterly different personalities and achievements of Henry VII and his flamboyant son Henry VIII. Subsequent chapters provide accounts of the great crisis over the succession and papal supremacy, the religious revolution and counter-revolution under Edward VI and Mary and the dawn of Elizabethan England. Although great events like the conflict with Mary Queen of Scots, and the defeat of the Spanish Armada are described in detail, this book never neglects the deeper issues, indeed, its stress on the underlying social, commercial and institutional developments makes clear just how far the foundations of modern Britain were laid in the 16th century. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)942.05History and Geography Europe England and Wales England 1485-1603, TudorsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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