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XXI; 606 S.; Illustr.; 19,5 cm; kart.

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Gutes Ex.; der farb. illustr. Einband stw. berieben; Seiten minimal nachgedunkelt. - Englisch. - INHALT : Plates ---- Maps and Tables ---- Acknowledgements to Illustrations ---- Abbreviations ---- Note on Spelling ---- INTRODUCTION ---- The Face of Britain ---- The Evidence ---- 1547-1603: An Overview ---- THE RULE OF PROTECTOR SOMERSET ---- The Henrician Inheritance ---- Somerset and Government ---- Scotland ---- Religion ---- Social and Agrarian Policy ---- 1549: Riot and Revolt ---- The Fall of Somerset ---- THE RULE OF NORTHUMBERLAND ---- The Achievement of Power ---- Government and Policy under Northumberland ---- Religious Change ---- Ireland ---- The Succession Crisis ---- THE REIGN OF MARY TUDOR ---- The Installation of the Regime ---- Wyatt's Rebellion and its Aftermath ---- The Spanish Marriage and the Return to Rome ---- Persecution and War, 1555-1558 ---- Marian Ireland ---- Marian Religion ---- Marian Politics ---- THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT ---- The Royal Court ---- The Privy Council ---- Parliament ---- The Executive Machine ---- Financial Institutions ---- The Lawcourts ---- Local Government ---- The Royal Servants ---- ENGLISH SOCIETY ---- Prices ---- London ---- Provincial Towns ---- Rural Society ---- Domestic Houses and Palaces ---- Difficulties in Governing Town and Country ---- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ELIZABETHAN RULE, ---- 1558-1572 ---- Accession and Settlement, 1558-1563- ---- The Years of Peace, 1564-1568 ---- The Crisis Years, 1568-1572 ---- Ireland, 1558-1572 ---- THE ROAD TO WAR, 1573-1588 ---- France and the Netherlands, 1573-1578 ---- The Anjou Match and the Netherlands, 1578-1582 ---- Ireland, 1573-1588: Colonization and Rebellion ---- Assassination Plots and the Spanish Threat, 1583-1585 ---- War and the Armada, 1585-1588 - (u.v.v.a.) ISBN 0192880446