CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS ix
5. INTRODUCTION. EMPIRE AND THIS ‘ENGLYSHE OR BRYTTYSHE NACYON’ 1
6. Part I EMPIRE
7. 1 ENGLAND’S EMPIRE APART: THE ENTRY OF CHARLES V AND HENRY VIII (1522) 35
8. 2 ROYAL SUPREMACY AND THE RHETORIC OF EMPIRE: ANNE BOLEYN’S 1533 ENTRY 67
9. Part II NATION
10. 3 RICHARD MORISON: REBELLION AND THE RHETORIC OF NATIONHOOD 103
11. 4 ENTER ENGLAND: JOHN BALE’S KING JOHAN 136
12. 5 COMMONWEALTH IN CRISIS: NICHOLAS UDALL’S RESPUBLICA 170
13. CONCLUSION: WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT AND THE LEGACY OF ENGLAND’S EMPIRE APART 209
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 223
15. INDEX 239