Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgements x
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Landscape and Seascape 9
7. 2 ‘His Wit Always Quick and Ready’: The reign of Henry VII 49
8. 3 ‘With My Own Eyes to See’: Early Tudor religion 87
9. 4 Suffering in Life and Consolation in Death 120
10. 5 ‘Glorious Knight and Christian King’: The reign of Henry VIII 161
11. 6 Authority and Dissent: The balance of power 205
12. 7 From Utopia to Babel: The beginning of reformation 242
13. 8 Edward VI and the Trials of the Young Josiah 278
14. 9 ‘The Vigour of Invention’: Renaissance words 312
15. 10 The Problem of Queenship: The reign of Mary I 347
16. 11 Imagining the Other: Europe and the wider world 389
17. 12 The Invention of Gloriana: The reign of Elizabeth I 424
18. 13 A World Divided 481
19. 14 The Drama of Life and the Politics of Performance 522
20. Afterword 561
21. Notes 565
22. Suggestions for Further Reading 672
23. Index 680