000342717 000__ 03942cam\a2200361\a\4500 000342717 001__ 342717 000342717 005__ 20210513124045.0 000342717 008__ 090925s2010\\\\nyuabf\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000342717 010__ $$a 2009040032 000342717 020__ $$a9780385340762 000342717 020__ $$a0385340761 000342717 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn259265991 000342717 035__ $$a342717 000342717 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dJST$$dC#P$$dUPZ$$dVP@$$dNSB$$dCDX$$dGEBAY$$dMOF 000342717 043__ $$ae-uk--- 000342717 049__ $$aISEA 000342717 05000 $$aDA315$$b.M477 2010 000342717 08200 $$a942.05$$222 000342717 1001_ $$aMeyer, G. J.,$$d1940- 000342717 24514 $$aThe Tudors :$$bthe complete story of England's most notorious dynasty /$$cG.J. Meyer. 000342717 250__ $$a1st ed. 000342717 260__ $$aNew York :$$bDelacorte Press,$$cc2010. 000342717 300__ $$axxvi, 612 p., [8] p. of plates :$$bcol. ill., map ;$$c25 cm. 000342717 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000342717 5050_ $$aFamily tree -- A Tudor timeline -- August 22, 1485: the Battle of Bosworth, an exile returns -- An Excess of Good Fortune: 1485-1532 -- The luck of Henry Tudor: the king who had (almost) everything -- The King's great matter: his pursuit of an annulment and of Anne Boleyn -- Frustration and embarrassment: Queen Catherine resists, and finds support -- Radical departures: moving the line between church and state -- Another way devised: a policy of winning by intimidation and terror -- A revolution in the making: Henry raises the stakes -- A thunderbolt falls: the royal ultimatum -- Submission: the archbishop of Canterbury surrenders -- Consummation: the king beds, then weds, Anne Boleyn -- Monster: 1533-1547 -- First blood: the destruction of the nun of Kent -- Supremacy: Parliament acknowledges the king's new powers -- "We will all die" : destructuion of the charterhouse monks, and of John Fisher-- "Preserve my friends from such favors" : trial and execution of Thomas More; the monastic visits -- All but Godlike: Anne Boleyn is replaced; the smaller monasteries destroyed -- Rebellion and betrayal: explosion, the pilgrimage of Grace; King Henry gets his son --The last of Henry: three more wives, money trouble, a final torrent of killings -- A King too Soon and a Queen too Late: 1547-1558 -- A new beginning: evangelicals triumph; Edward Seymour assumes command -- England's second reformation: Henry VIII's church dismantled; the fall of Seymour -- A revolution and a coup: the rise of John Dudley, the death of Edward VI, the brief reign of Jane Grey -- Another new beginning: Mary I and the restoration of the old religion -- And another early end: dreams turn to dust -- Survivor: 1558-1603 -- Yet another new beginning: the return to Protestantism -- The succession, again: Robert Dudley and the hope for an heir -- A torrent of miseries: religion, the succession, and Mary, Queen of Scots -- Actions, reactions, provocations: trouble in France, trouble with Spain; rebellion in the Netherlands -- A horrific tangle and war at last: years of meddling produce war in the Netherlands -- The last favorite: the rise of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex -- A seat at the table: the rivalry of Essex and Robert Cecil -- The last act: the fall of Essex; the dismal final decade of the Tudor Age. 000342717 520__ $$aMeyer's fresh storytelling ability breathes new life into the history of the Tudor family and Tudor England's precarious place in world politics, the critical role religion played in government, and the blossoming of English theater and literature. 000342717 60030 $$aTudor, House of. 000342717 650_0 $$aMonarchy$$zGreat Britain$$xHistory$$y16th century. 000342717 651_0 $$aGreat Britain$$xHistory$$yTudors, 1485-1603. 000342717 651_0 $$aGreat Britain$$xPolitics and government$$y1485-1603. 000342717 85200 $$bgen$$hDA315$$i.M477$$i2010 000342717 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009040032-b.html 000342717 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009040032-d.html 000342717 85641 $$3Sample text$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009040032-s.html 000342717 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:342717$$pGLOBAL_SET 000342717 980__ $$aBIB 000342717 980__ $$aBOOK