Table of Contents

Patrick Collinson: Introduction
J. A. Sharpe: Economy and society
Steven Ellis: The limits of power: the English crown and the British Isles
Diarmaid MacCulloch: The Change of Religion
John Guy: Monarchy and Counsel: Models of the State
Greg Walker: The Renaissance in Britain
Simon Adams: Britain, Europe, and the world
Patrick Collinson: Conclusion
Further Reading
Chronology
Glossary
Maps
Index

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About the Author

Patrick Collinson is Regius Professor of Modern History, Emeritus, in the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Trinity College. He prevously held chairs at the Universities of Sydney, Kent at Canterbury, and Sheffield. He is a fellow of the British Academy and of the Australian Academy of Humanities. He is the author of numerous books and articles on sixteenth-century Britain, including 'The Elizabethan Puritan Movement' (OUP, 1990) and 'Elizabethan Essays'
(1994).

Reviews

A great deal of up-to-date, good writing in such small compass. Dr M. Zell, Lecturer in History, University of Greenwich
A very clear summary which provides an excellent overview and context for more detailed work. G. C. F. Forster, Senior Fellow in History, University of Leeds