Tudor Rule and Revolution
Essays for G R Elton from his American Friends

The work of G. R. Elton has inspired its own 'Tudor Revolution' in the historiography of Tudor and Stuart government and society.

Delloyd J. Guth (Author), John W. McKenna (Author)

9780521091275, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 27 November 2008

436 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.53 kg

The work of G. R. Elton has inspired its own 'Tudor Revolution' in the historiography of Tudor and Stuart government and society. In this volume a distinguished gathering of eighteen historians, all now resident in North America, pay tribute to Professor Elton's broad influence in shaping modern interpretations of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century constitution. Each contributor to this volume has addressed, directly or indirectly, some aspect of that tempestuous age which has been dubbed 'Elton's era', and each of the sections relates directly to particular problems or topics which have figured prominently in Professor Elton's own work. Most extend his findings in new directions and with new evidence from archival researches. Others take issue with some of his tentative conclusions, though admitting the extent to which his work has made such advances possible.

Part I. An Era of Reformations: 1. The Tudor Revolution and the Devil's Art: Bishop Bonner's printed forms Arthur J. Slavin
2. How God became an Englishman John W. McKenna
3. The reformation of choirs: cathedral musical establishments in Tudor England Stanford E. Lehmberg
4. The Age of Debt, the Reformation and English law DeLloyd J. Guth
5. The King's Privy Chamber, 1547–1553 Dale E. Hoak
6. The place of women in Tudor government Mortimer Levine
Part II. The Age of Elizabethan Polity: 7. Parliament: the Elizabethan experience Wallace T. MacCaffrey
8. The court of Exchequer comes of age W. Hamilton Bryson
9. The Elizabethan Chancery and women's rights Maria L. Cioni
10. Too good to be true: Thomas Lupton's Golden Rule Elliot Rose
11. Towards petty sessions: Tudor JPs and divisions of counties Frederic A. Youngs, Jr
12. Binding the nation: the Bonds of Association, 1584 and 1696 David Cressy
Part III. Early Stuart Variations: 13. Proclamations and parliamentary protest, 1539–1610 Rudolph W. Heinze
14. Diplomatic intervention in English law enforcement: Sarmiento and James I Charles H. Carter
15. Mr Hudson's Star Chamber Thomas G. Barnes
16. The spoils of law: the trial of Sir John Hele, 1604 James S. Cockburn
17. Prohibitions and the privilege against self-incrimination Charles M. Gray
18. Quoting the Commons, 1604–1642 J. H. Hexter.

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