Policy and Police
The Enforcement of the Reformation in the Age of Thomas Cromwell

G. R. Elton's Policy and Police, first published in 1972, has since acquired classic status in the literature on the government of sixteenth-century England.

G. R. Elton (Author)

9780521313094, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 7 November 1985

460 pages
22.8 x 15.1 x 2.8 cm, 0.71 kg

G. R. Elton's Policy and Police, first published in 1972, has since acquired classic status in the literature on the government of sixteenth-century England. The book examines what actually happened during Henry VIII's break with Rome, the widespread resistance which necessitated constant vigilance on the part of the government, and the role of Thomas Cromwell, whose surviving correspondence permits a detailed insight both into the purposes of government and the manner in which it was experienced by the people.

1. The end of domestic peace
2. Rumour, magic and prophecy
3. In every part of the realm
4. Propaganda
5. Measures and pressures
6. The law of treason
7. Treason trials
8. Police
9. Victims and visitors.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], British & Irish history [HBJD1]