Table of Contents

1. The Tudor Problem 2. Henry VII: Securing the Dynasty 3. Henry VII: Restoration of Government 4. The Great Cardinal 5. The King's Great Matter 6. Thomas Cromwell and the Break with Rome 7. The Tudor Revolution: Empire and Commonwealth 8. The Crisis of the Tudors, 1540–58 9. England During the Price Revolution 10. The Elizabethan Settlement, 1558–68 11. The Growing Conflict, 1568–85 12. Seapower 13. War, 1585–1603 14. The Structure of the Age: Conservatism 15. The Structure of the Age: Renaissance 16. The Last Years 17. Revisions (1972)

About the Author

Sir geoffrey Elton was Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Clare College

Reviews

'The best full-length introductory history of the Tudor period ... Written with great verve, it will delight both the scholar and the general reader.' – The Spectator

'Students of history owe Elton major debts. He has shown that political history is still worth investigation, that it offers the possibility of exciting discovery and genuine debate. He has demonstrated that scholarly work can be presented in prose that is witty, muscular, clear and above everything, readable.' – The Times Education Supplement