Tudor and Stuart Britain charts the political, religious, economic and social history of Britain from the start of Henry VII’s reign in 1485 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714, providing students and lecturers with a detailed chronological narrative of significant events, such as the Reformation, the nature of Tudor government, the English Civil War, the Interregnum and the restoration of the monarchy.
This fourth edition has been fully updated and each chapter now begins with an introductory overview of the topic being discussed, in which important and current historical debates are highlighted. Other new features of the book include a closer examination of the image and style of leadership that different monarchs projected during their reigns; greater coverage of Phillip II and Mary I as joint monarchs; new sections exploring witchcraft during the period and the urban sector in the Stuart age; and increased discussion of the English Civil War, of Oliver Cromwell and of Cromwellian rule during the 1650s.
Also containing an entirely rewritten guide to further reading and enhanced by a wide selection of maps and illustrations, Tudor and Stuart Britain is an excellent resource for both students and teachers of this period.
Preface
1 The new monarchy
Henry VII in perspective
The end of the Wars of the Roses
The royal administration
The royal finances
Henry VII and Parliament
The Church
Foreign policy
A new monarchy?
2 King and cardinal
Henry VIII in perspective
Wolsey’s rise to power
Wolsey and the Church
Wolsey and the royal administration
Wolsey and Parliament
Foreign policy
Henry VIII’s ‘great matter’
Wolsey’s fall from power
3 The break with Rome
The Henrician Reformation in perspective
The Reformation Parliament
Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cranmer
The royal supremacy revealed
The theoretical foundations of the royal supremacy
The Henrician Reformation
The Dissolution of the Monasteries I: the smaller houses
The Dissolution of the Monasteries II: the Pilgrimage of Grace and the larger houses
Henry VIII’s religion and the Reformation
4 Henry VIII’s government
The ‘Tudor Revolution in Government’ in perspective
Court, Council and Chamber
The secretaryship
Financial administration
The government of the localities and the regions
Parliament
Cromwell as chief minister and his fall
Henry VIII’s image and style of kingship
The closing years of the reign
5 Edward VI and Mary I
The mid-Tudor period in perspective
Protector Somerset
The First Prayer Book
The Western Rising and Kett’s rebellion
Northumberland and the Second Prayer Book
Mary I
Protestant exile and Catholic reaction
The Spanish match
Persecution
Financial reorganization
The end of Mary’s reign
6 Tudor England
The socio-economic history of Tudor England in perspective
Population and the price rise
Agriculture and enclosures
Harvest failure and plague
Commerce
Industry
Towns
The poor
The structure of society
Education
Optimistic and pessimistic cases
7 Ireland and Scotland in the Tudor period
England’s external relations in perspective
Ireland
Henry VII and Kildare
Henry VIII and the Kingdom of Ireland
Elizabeth I and the Irish Rebellion
Scotland
James IV
James V
English intervention in Scotland
James VI
The creation of a ‘multiple kingdom’
8 Elizabeth I and the Church of England
Elizabeth I in perspective
Elizabeth I
The religious settlement
The puritan challenge
Cartwright and Field
Whitgift
The classical movement
The Church established
9 Roman Catholics and foreign policy under Elizabeth I
Elizabethan Catholicism in perspective
Roman Catholics
Foreign policy
Mary, Queen of Scots
Spanish armadas
10 Government, Parliament, and the royal finances under Elizabeth I
Elizabethan government in perspective
The Privy Council
Parliament
The Commons’ privilege of free speech
Parliament and the royal finances
Patronage and corruption
Elizabeth I’s image and style of queenship
The last decade of Elizabeth’s reign
11 James I: Finance and religion
James I in perspective
The new king
James I and the royal finances
James I and the Church of England
The Roman Catholics
12 James I: the law and Parliament
The early Stuart state in perspective
James I and the common law
James I and Parliament: 1604–14
James I and Parliament: 1621–24
James I’s image and style of kingship
13 Charles I: Parliament and religion
Charles I in perspective
Charles I
Charles I and Parliament: 1625–29
The Church of England during the Personal Rule
Charles I and the Roman Catholics
14 Charles I: the breakdown of prerogative rule
The Personal Rule in perspective
Financial expedients
The destruction of prerogative monarchy
The Grand Remonstrance and the five members
The drift towards war
15 The Civil War
The English Civil War in perspective
Royalists and parliamentarians
Civil war
The problems of the post-war settlement
Charles I’s image and style of kingship
Pride’s Purge and the trial of Charles I
16 Commonwealth and Protectorate
Oliver Cromwell in perspective
The rule of the Rump
Oliver Cromwell and the Nominated Assembly
The Protectorate
Towards the Restoration
17 Early Stuart England
Early Stuart localities in perspective
The government of the localities
The poor
Witchcraft
Trade and finance
18 Charles II
The Restoration and Charles II in perspective
Charles II and the constitutional settlement
The financial settlement
The land question
The restored Church
Clarendon
Arlington and the Cabal
Danby
The Popish Plot and Exclusion Crisis
Royalist reaction
Charles II’s image and style of kingship
19 James II, The Glorious Revolution and the reign of William III
The reigns of James II and William III in perspective
James II
James and the Anglicans
James and the dissenters
The Glorious Revolution
The Revolution Settlement
Political parties and the war
William and the Whigs
Succession problems
William III’s and Mary II’s image and style of monarchy
20 Queen Anne
Anne in perspective
Queen Anne
Marlborough, Godolphin and the Tories
The drift towards the Whigs
Harley, the Tories and peace
Bolingbroke and the succession
Anne’s image and style of queenship
21 Ireland, Scotland, and overseas possessions in the seventeenth century
England’s external relations in perspective
Ireland
Ireland under James I
Ireland under Charles I
The Irish Rebellion
Cromwell and Ireland
Ireland under Charles II and James II
Ireland under William III and Anne
Scotland
Scotland under James VI and I
Charles I and Scotland
Oliver Cromwell and the Scots
Scotland under Charles II and James VII and II
Scotland and the Glorious Revolution
The Union
Overseas Possessions
Virginia
New England
The West Indies
The colonies during the Interregnum
The restoration of royal authority
America and the Glorious Revolution
Africa and India
22 Late Stuart England
The later Stuart age in perspective
Population, agriculture and the impact on society
Trade, industry and internal communications
Financial institutions and public administration
London, provincial towns and urbanization
Women and English society
Political and scientific thought
Further Reading
Appendices
I English monarchs
II Archbishops of Canterbury
III English (from 1707 British) parliaments
Index
Biography
Roger Lockyer previously taught at Royal Holloway, University of London. His publications include Elizabethan Parliaments 1559–1601 (1996) with Michael A. R. Graves and Buckingham: The Life and Political Career of George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham, 1592–1628 (1981).
Peter Gaunt is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Chester. His previous publications include The English Civil War, A Military History (2015), English Historical Documents, 1603–1660, edited with Barry Coward (2010), and Oliver Cromwell (2005).
'Roger Lockyer’s Tudor and Stuart Britain, 1485-1714 has been a standard text for three editions. This fourth edition, revised by Peter Gaunt, retains the strengths of Lockyer’s clear prose and even-handed analysis, while incorporating much recent research. Peter Gaunt’s careful attention to recent scholarship is evidenced by the addition of important new material on the joint monarchy of Mary I and Philip II, witchcraft, the Civil Wars and the influence of Oliver Cromwell, and the significance of urban life during the Stuart era. Equally importantly, the 4th edition has new, short introductions to each chapter, which reinforce the most important points and situate them within the context of evolving historiographical debates. These are little gems of synthesis and analysis and add a very effective new dimension to the text. In explaining what historians have seen as important and which issues they debate, these introductory sections also show the reader what is interesting about each chapter. The 4th edition of Tudor and Stuart Britain updates a standard work for the next generation of students.'
Cynthia Van Zandt, University of New Hampshire, USA
