Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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.

England Under the Tudors

This volume contains the text of the three Cook Lectures, which review various current doubts and queries concerning the writing of reasonably unbiased history.

Some Reflections on the Present State of Historical Study

Return to Essentials

Henry Clifford Darby

David Thomson

Peter Burke

Francis Harry Hinsley

Richard Bruce Wernham

Francis Ludwig Carsten

Harold Fullard

John Selwyn Bromley

George Richard Potter

J. P. Cooper

J. O. Lindsay

Albert Goodwin

Charles William Crawley

John Patrick Tuer Bury

V.1 The renaissance 1493-1520 -- V.2 The reformation 1520-1559 -- V.5 The ascendancy of France 1648-88. -- V.7 The old regime 1713-63. -- V.8 The American and French révolution 1763-93 -- V.9 war and peace in an age of Upheaval 1793-1830. -- V.10 The zenith of European power 1830-70. -- V.11 Material progress and world-wide problems 1870-1898. -- V.12 The era of violence 1898-1945.

The New Cambridge Modern History: The decline of Spain and the Thirty Years War, 1609-48

Reformation Europe, 1517-1559

G. R. Elton

This volume continues the publication of Professor Elton's collected papers on topics in the history of Tudor and Stuart England. All appeared between 1973 and 1981. As before, they are reprinted exactly as originally published, with corrections and additions in footnotes. They include the author's four presidential addresses to the Royal Historical Society and bring together his preliminary findings in the history of Parliament and its records. Several of them, which appeared in various collections and Festschriften, have been difficult to find, and some are taken from locations in Germany and the United States unfamiliar to English readers. The eight lengthy reviews here republished examine some of the major questions in the history of the age and throw light on the principles of investigation which underlie the author's own research.

Studies in Tudor and Stuart Politics and Government: Volume 3, Papers and Reviews 1973-1981

Papers and Reviews, 1946-1972

Studies in Tudor and Stuart Politics and Government

Surveys the conditions and events of the period, and analyzes the personalities of Martin Luther and Charles 5th.

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.

Essays for G R Elton from His American Friends

Tudor Rule and Revolution

Robert William Fogel

Compares statistical and traditional approaches to the study of history and discusses categories of evidence, standards of proof, and the proper subject matter for history.

Two Views of History

Which Road to the Past?

Writings by leading figures in religion, politics, the arts and sciences, as well as official documents, offer original source material on the central issues of European history during this period

Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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