Table of Contents

Maps and Charts
Introduction
PART ONE: HONOUR AND REPUTATION
Wars Against France 1509-50
Peace-time Competition
The Scottish Wars 1509-50
A New Emphasis
PART TWO: SECURITY AND DEFENCE
Border Defence
Dynastic Security
The Counter-Reformation Threat
PART THREE: RELIGION
Anglo-Papal Relations
Reformation Diplomacy 1528-40: Germany and the Baltic
The 'Godly Cause'
PART FOUR: COMMERCE
Antwerp Trade
Diversification of Trade Within Europe
Overseas Exploration and Trade
Bibliography
Notes
Index.

Promotional Information

'In a series featuring such distinguished early modern studies as David Loades's The Mid-Tudor Crisis and Ann Hughes's The Causes of the English Civil War, Susan Doran's thematically organized book provides a brief but welcome synthesis of revisionist work on England's international relations...These arguments are laid out in an excellent introduction and elaborated in separate chapters on honour and reputation, security and defense, religion and commerce.' - Michael Rogers, Sixteenth Century Journal

About the Author

SUSAN DORAN is a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, University of Oxford, UK.

Reviews

'In a series featuring such distinguished early modern studies as David Loades's The Mid-Tudor Crisis and Ann Hughes's The Causes of the English Civil War, Susan Doran's thematically organized book provides a brief but welcome synthesis of revisionist work on England's international relations...These arguments are laid out in an excellent introduction and elaborated in separate chapters on honour and reputation, security and defense, religion and commerce.' - Michael Rogers, Sixteenth Century Journal