The Tudors : the history of a dynasty / David Loades.
Loades, D. M.
2013
DA315 .L582 2013 (Mapit)
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Title The Tudors : the history of a dynasty / David Loades.
Author Loades, D. M.
Variant Title Title on dust jacket: Tudors : history of a dynasty
ISBN 9781441136909 hardcover
1441136908 hardcover
Imprint London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2013], c2012.
Language English
Description x, 235 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number DA315 .L582 2013
Summary This book is about one of the most powerful and influential dynasties in English history, a dynasty of five monarchs who ruled their domain for over a century. The Tudors were concerned with building a government that would endure, hence their constant concern with succession, an anxiety which lasted throughout the century. Although all Tudor monarchs believed that their authority derived from God, they had different ways of expressing that conviction, and above all they believed in ruling with consent and advice. For this reason they built partnerships, not with the old nobility as their predecessors had done, but with the wider community of the gentry, and above all with parliament. These partnerships with the church and state lasted for centuries and still influence British politics today.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-227) and index.
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Getting to know the family
The kings and their marriages: Henry VIII's 'Great Matter'
Two queens in search of an heir
The monarch and the realm: the uses of parliament
Noble ambitions
The Tudors and their neighbours [i.e. neighbors]
The trouble with God
Merchant matters
The good lord and his servants
The selling of the monarchy
What did the Tudors do for us?

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