The policy of Henry VIII.-Henry VIII and Clement VII.-The literature of the Edwardine reformation.-Some aspects of Edwardine life.-The difficulties of Queen Mary.-The early history of the Elizabethan compromise in ceremonial.-Some aspects of Elizabethan life.-Two Catholic champions: Blessed Edmund Campion and Cardinal Allen.-Elizabethan puritanism.-Reservation under the Anglican prayer-book.
Summary
This book is intended to be the starting point for the student new to the study of Tudor history and offers a broad yet perfectly detailed scope of the reigns of Henry VII and VIII, Edward, Mary and Elizabeth.