Table of Contents

Introduction: The Concept of 'Crises' PART 1 THE STATE Crown and Council Parliament and Finance PART 2 SOCIETY Towns and Trade Agriculture and Order PART 3 THE CHURCH Policy and Doctrine The Faith of the People Epilogue: The Legacy of the Mid-Tudor Period Notes Annotated and Select Bibliography.

About the Author

DAVID LOADES, previously a lecturer at the University of St Andrews and the University of Durham, is presently Professor of History at the University of North Wales, Bangor. His most recent books include Mary Tudor: a Life (Blackwell, 1989), The Tudor Court (Batsford, 1986), Politics and the Nation 3rd edition (Collins, 1989) and the Reign of Mary Tudor 2nd edition (Longman, 1991)