"<i>Bosworth Field to Bloody Mary</i> offers sufficient unique material and revised entries to warrant its acquisition by libraries supporting research and teaching in Tudor studies. Recommended. All levels." - <i>Choice</i>

"This is a very useful reference book that allows students and nonspecialists to encounter the individuals and institutions that shaped the transformational period of English history from the ascendance of Henry VII to the demise of Mary I." - <i>Sixteenth Century Journal</i>

"<i>Bosworth Field to Bloody Mary</i> is a strongly recommended and core addition to personal, academic, and community library British History collections." - <i>MBR Internet Bookwatch</i>

This A-to-Z encyclopedia provides students and nonspecialists with concise, accurate, and engaging definitions and descriptions of important people and terms relating to Early Tudor England. Covering the period from 1485 to 1558, the reigns of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I, the book contains nearly 400 cross-referenced entries. Entries feature key events, movements, groups, treaties, publications, important people, and more. Along with well-known figures of the day, this book includes significant but less familiar individuals, for whom detailed information is elusive. The encyclopedia includes lists of additional readings, maps, genealogical charts, an extensive bibliography, a subject index, a list of Tudor-themed historical novels, a guide to related entries, and an annotated listing of Tudor Web sites.

Illustrated by over 40 drawings and photographs, the encyclopedia also offers numerous useful appendices, including listings of European monarchs, holders of English titles of nobility, holders of major offices of state, sessions and speakers of Parliament, governors of Ireland, major battles and rebellions, 16th-century popes, and bishops of the Early Tudor Church.

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ContentsContentsContentsPreface ixAcknowledgments xiiiGuide to Related Topics xvChronology xxviiMaps xlixAn Encyclopedia of the Early Tudors 1Appendix 1:Genealogies 487Appendix 2:European Monarchs, 1485–1558 495Appendix 3:Holders of English Titles of Nobility, 1485–1558 497Appendix 4:Holders of English Offices of State, 1485–1558 503Appendix 5:Rebellions, Battles, and Uprisings, 1485–1558 507Appendix 6:Bishops of the English Church, 1485–1558 511Appendix 7:Popes, 1485–1558 515Appendix 8:Parliament: Speakers and Sessions, 1485–1558 517Appendix 9:Governors of Ireland, 1485–1558 521Appendix 10:Selected Historical Fiction with Early Tudor Characters and Settings 523Appendix 11:Selected Motion Pictures with Early Tudor Characters and Settings 529Appendix 12:Selected Web Sites for Tudor Topics 535Bibliography 539Index 575
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ISBN
9781573565400
Publisert
2003-12-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Greenwood Press
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
656

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Biographical note

John A. Wagner has taught British and U.S. history at Phoenix College and at Arizona State University. He holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and a MA and PhD from Arizona State University. He is the author of The Devon Gentleman: The Life of Sir Peter Carew (1998), The Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World (1999), and Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses (2001), and is a contributor to the Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485 (2002).