Download or read book Tudor Despotism written by Patricia Emily Ruth Tucker and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tudor Despotism is a term that was used from the end of the 19th century through the late 1940s to characterize the governance of the Tudor monarchs. Those who argued for the term Tudor Despotism claimed that the Tudor monarchs hap unquestioned authority that was enforced with violence and with blood. The proponents of this view had no trouble in searching the records to find a number of headless victims to support their claims. The heart of this interpretation centers on the Tudor monarchs' relationship with Parliament. Those who claim that there was a Tudor despotism argue that the Tudor kings ignored statutory laws which placed constitutional restraints on the power of the monarch and simply adjusted the law to suit their personal visions of what the law should be; if in fact, these monarchs ever stopped to consider their place within the law. Although this view has been modified by scholars over the years, it was not seriously challenged until the 1950s when Geoffrey Elton published The Tudor Revolution in Government. Elton argued persuasively that the Tudor monarchs, particularly Henry VIII, were essentially constitutionalist "happy in the meeting of Parliament." Elton further presented his case to include Thomas Cromwell, the central figure of government under Henry VIII, as a man who promoted constitutional law; never allowing himself, or his King to overstep the limits placed on them by Parliament. Elton's claim that Henry and Cromwell did nothing that could be construed as unconstitutional was too much for Professor Joel Hurstfield to bear, and he reopened the debate by arguing that Cromwell and Henry VIII were constitutionalists only in practice, not in spirit, and that they worked with Parliament only because the King and his minister could completely control the decisions made there. Hurstfield contended that because the crown could dominate Parliament, there were no practical limits placed on regal power; and the Tudors, particularly Henry VIII, were, therefore, despots." -- From pages 2-3.
Download or read book The Making of the Tudor Despotism written by Charles Harold Williams and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Studies in Tudor and Stuart politics and government papers and reviews 1946 1972 written by Geoffrey Rudolph Elton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers collected in these volumes revolve around the political, constitutional and personal problems of the English government between the end of the fifteenth-century civil wars and the beginning of those of the seventeenth century. Previously published in a great variety of places, none of them appeared in book form before. They are arranged in four groups (Tudor Politics and Tudor Government in Volume I, Parliament and Political Thought in Volume II) but these groups interlock. Though written in the course of some two decades, all the pieces bear variously on the same body of major issues and often illuminate details only touched upon in Professor Elton's books. Several investigate the received preconceptions of historians and suggest new ways of approaching familiar subjects. They are reprinted unaltered, but some new footnotes have been added to correct errors and draw attention to later developments.
Download or read book The Making of the Tudor Despotism written by C. H. Williams and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Was there a Tudor despotism after all written by Joel Hurstfield and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Proclamations of the Tudor Kings written by R. W. Heinze and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1976-09-02 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal proclamations were an important instrument of Tudor government and their legislative function has long been a subject of historical controversy, but the actual use of them by the Tudor monarchs has not been adequately studied. The main purpose of this book is to provide a systematic analysis of the use, authority and enforcement of proclamations in early Tudor England. Professor Heinze first attempts to establish a more accurate account of the proclamations issued; and then describes their formulation and promulgation. He also investigates the authority of proclamations as defined by Parliament and the role and power attributed to them by Tudor judges and legal writers. The main body of the study traces the actual use of proclamations and their relationship to statutory and common law. Separate chapters are devoted to the controversial Statute of Proclamations and the long neglected subject of enforcement.
Download or read book England Under the Tudors written by G.R. Elton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1955 and never out of print, this wonderfully written text by one of the great historians of the twentieth century has guided generations of students through the turbulent history of Tudor England. Now in its third edition, England Under the Tudors charts a historical period that saw some monumental changes in religion, monarchy, government and the arts. Elton's classic and highly readable introduction to the Tudor period offers an essential source of information from the start of Henry VII's reign to the death of Elizabeth I.
Download or read book The Making of the Tudor Despotism written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Early Tudors written by Charles Edward Moberly and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Henry VII written by Patricia A. Cole and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Tudors written by G. J. Meyer and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the first time in decades comes a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. “A thoroughly readable and often compelling narrative . . . Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for all things Tudor.”—Associated Press In 1485, young Henry Tudor, whose claim to the throne was so weak as to be almost laughable, crossed the English Channel from France at the head of a ragtag little army and took the crown from the family that had ruled England for almost four hundred years. Half a century later his son, Henry VIII, desperate to rid himself of his first wife in order to marry a second, launched a reign of terror aimed at taking powers no previous monarch had even dreamed of possessing. In the process he plunged his kingdom into generations of division and disorder, creating a legacy of blood and betrayal that would blight the lives of his children and the destiny of his country. The boy king Edward VI, a fervent believer in reforming the English church, died before bringing to fruition his dream of a second English Reformation. Mary I, the disgraced daughter of Catherine of Aragon, tried and failed to reestablish the Catholic Church and produce an heir. And finally came Elizabeth I, who devoted her life to creating an image of herself as Gloriana the Virgin Queen but, behind that mask, sacrificed all chance of personal happiness in order to survive. The Tudors weaves together all the sinners and saints, the tragedies and triumphs, the high dreams and dark crimes, that reveal the Tudor era to be, in its enthralling, notorious truth, as momentous and as fascinating as the fictions audiences have come to love. Praise for The Tudors “A rich and vibrant tapestry.”—The Star-Ledger “A thoroughly readable and often compelling narrative . . . Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for all things Tudor.”—Associated Press “Energetic and comprehensive . . . [a] sweeping history of the gloriously infamous Tudor era . . . Unlike the somewhat ponderous British biographies of the Henrys, Elizabeths, and Boleyns that seem to pop up perennially, The Tudors displays flashy, fresh irreverence [and cuts] to the quick of the action.”—Kirkus Reviews “[A] cheeky, nuanced, and authoritative perspective . . . brims with enriching background discussions.”—Publishers Weekly “[A] lively new history.”—Bloomberg
Download or read book Tudor Dynastic Problems written by Mortimer Levine and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-25 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1973, this book provides a detailed history and analysis of Tudor dynastic problems from their origin in 1460 when Richard of York asserted his claim to the crown, to 1571 when Elizabeth I’s second Treasons Act virtually established parliamentary statute as the constitutional way to settle questions of succession. The book deals with each important development and provides a comparison Of the dynastic attitudes of the three great Tudors which should be an important component in appraisals of these monarchs. The study is supplemented by documents some of which had never been printed before which supply the reader with contemporary evidence to help them reach their own conclusions.
Download or read book The Tudor Constitution written by Elton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1960-01-03 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on J.R. Tanner's Tudor constitutional documents. Bibliography: p. 471-481.
Download or read book The making of th Tudor despotism written by Charles Harold Williams and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tudor England written by and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
