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Reform and Renewal

By: Elton

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Scholarship has established the prevalence of a reformist ideal of 'the Commonwealth' in early Tudor England, but concentration on scholars and writings has led to a neglect of affairs and politics. This study attempts to discover the fate of reforming programmes when efforts were made to translate them into reality, and it uses the administration of Thomas Cromwell as a test-case. Cromwell, it is well known, favoured advanced thinkers and promoted much parliamentary legislation; how far can we see him as a proponent of 'commonwealth' politics and what success did we have? A close look establishes him as a man who without formal training practised the techniques of the learned and behaved as an intellectual. He also emerges as an evangelical in religion, a believer in the via media between extremes on which the Church of England was to erect its particular form of religion. As the only experienced parliamentarian in the group, he also knew how to handle the instrument of reform. The study discusses this work in two main respects: reforms in the economy and reform of the law.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521200547

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9780521200547

England Under the Tudors

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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England Under the Tudors

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

Intended for A level and undergraduate students, this book explores the history of England under Tudor rule. For this edition, Elton has expanded the bibliography and revised details, bringing his standard text up to date with a discussion of the latest research in the area.

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Psychology Press

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041506533X

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9780415065337

F.W. Maitland

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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F.W. Maitland

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

In the eyes of scholars of history and jurisprudence, F.W. Maitland (1850-1906) is among the very greatest of English historians. However, little has been written about him. G.R. Elton, one of the first-rank historians of his own generation, now remedies this omission with a skilled, succinct, and vigorous essay that is both biography and critique.

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Yale University Press

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0300035284

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9780300035285

The Parliament of England, 1559-1581

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton,G. R. Elton

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The Parliament of England, 1559-1581

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton,G. R. Elton

This is a comprehensive account of the parliament of early modern England at work, written by the leading authority on sixteenth-century English, constitutional and political history. Professor Elton explains how parliament dealt with bills and acts, discusses the many various matters that came to notice there, and investigates its role in political matters. In the process he proves that the prevailing doctrine, developed by the work of Sir John Neale, is wrong, that parliament did not acquire a major role in politics; that the notion of a consistent, body of puritan agitators in opposition to the government is mere fiction and, although the Commons processed more bills than the House of Lords, the Lords occupied the more important and influential role. Parliament's fundamental function in the government of the realm lay rather in the granting of taxes and the making of laws. The latter were promoted by a great variety of interests - the Crown, the Privy Council, the bishops, and particularly by innumerable private initiators. A very large number of bills failed, most commonly for lack of time but also because agreement between the three partners (Queen, Lords and Commons) could not be reached.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521389887

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9780521389884

Return to Essentials

Some Reflections on the Present State of Historical Study

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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Some Reflections on the Present State of Historical Study

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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

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Cambridge University Press

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0521524377

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The Practice of History

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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The Practice of History

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

This book treats the study, writing and teaching of history as activities justified in themselves.

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Burns & Oates

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0006861334

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Law and Government Under the Tudors

Essays Presented to Sir Geoffrey Elton, Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge, on the Occasion of His Retirement

By: Claire Cross,D. M. Loades,J. J. Scarisbrick

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Law and Government Under the Tudors

Essays Presented to Sir Geoffrey Elton, Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge, on the Occasion of His Retirement

By: Claire Cross,D. M. Loades,J. J. Scarisbrick

This is a collection of specially commissioned research essays by scholars on the government of Tudor England, designed as a tribute from a group of advanced students to their supervisor. Professor Sir Geoffrey Elton, to whom the volume is dedicated, is internationally celebrated, and the most influential living historian of the period. Each essay reflects the special interest of the author, within the broader theme of 'Law and Government'. The book will be read by many who have been influenced by Professor Elton's teaching, but who may not necessarily be students or historians of Tudor England.

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0521335108

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9780521335102

Tudor Rule and Revolution

Essays for G R Elton from His American Friends

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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Tudor Rule and Revolution

Essays for G R Elton from His American Friends

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521248418

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Return to Essentials

Some Reflections on the Present State of Historical Study

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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Some Reflections on the Present State of Historical Study

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

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

By: G. R. Elton,Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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

By: G. R. Elton,Geoffrey Rudolph 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.

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0521533163

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9780521533164

The Parliament of England, 1559-1581

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton,G. R. Elton

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The Parliament of England, 1559-1581

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Tudor Rule and Revolution

Essays for G R Elton from His American Friends

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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Essays for G R Elton from His American Friends

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Which Road to the Past?

Two Views of History

By: Robert William Fogel,Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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Which Road to the Past?

Two Views of History

By: Robert William Fogel,Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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.

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0300032781

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Studies in Tudor and Stuart politics and government : papers and reviews 1946-1972

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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Studies in Tudor and Stuart politics and government : papers and reviews 1946-1972

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

The papers collected in these volumes revolve around the political, constitutional and personal problems of the English government between the end of the fifteenth-century civil wars and the beginning of those of the seventeenth century. Previously published in a great variety of places, none of them appeared in book form before. They are arranged in four groups (Tudor Politics and Tudor Government in Volume I, Parliament and Political Thought in Volume II) but these groups interlock. Though written in the course of some two decades, all the pieces bear variously on the same body of major issues and often illuminate details only touched upon in Professor Elton's books. Several investigate the received preconceptions of historians and suggest new ways of approaching familiar subjects. They are reprinted unaltered, but some new footnotes have been added to correct errors and draw attention to later developments.

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0521533198

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F.W. Maitland

By: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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

By: G. R. Elton,Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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By: G. R. Elton,Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

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Tudor Revolution in Government

By: Elton

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Tudor Revolution in Government

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This book is a study of change in the methods and principles of English government in the sixteenth century, from the 'household' methods of the Middle Ages to the bureaucratic organization of a national monarchy. The most important decade, 1530-40, is given most concentrated attention, but the earlier and later phases are also touched upon. The study deals with the organs of central government: the financial machinery and the new courts; seals and secretariats and the rise of the secretary of state; the council and the making of the privy council; the royal household and its retirement from national government. When this neglected aspect of its history is studied, the sixteenth century is once again seen as an age of revolution. It becomes clear that it was Thomas Cromwell who was the principal figure in the government of the 1530's, and both his mind and his real intentions are shown in a fresh light.

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0521092353

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Studies in Tudor and Stuart Politics and Government: Volume 2, Parliament Political Thought

Papers and Reviews 1946-1972

By: G. R. Elton

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Papers and Reviews 1946-1972

By: G. R. Elton

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