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Book SynopsisThis innovative textbook recounts famous and infamous incidents of death and disorder in early modern England, including the executions of St. Thomas More and Mary Queen of Scots and the untimely end of thousands of others.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Conventions Timeline of Key Events Genealogies Introduction Part One: The Tudors, 1485–1603 1. Establishing the Tudor Dynasty, 1485–1509 Death and Disorder: War and Regicide Voices of the Past: The Death of Perkin Warbeck 2. Henry VIII and Reform, 1509–1547 Death and Disorder: The Evil May Day Riot Voices of the Past: The Execution of Anne Askew 3. Protestants and Catholics, 1547–1558 Death and Disorder: The Prayer Book Rebellion Voices of the Past: The Burning of the Oxford Martyrs 4. Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen, 1558–1603 Death and Disorder: The London Plague of 1603 Voices of the Past: The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots Part Two: The Stuarts, 1603–1690 5. Early Stuart Absolutism, 1604–42 Death and Disorder: Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot Voices of the Past: The Assassination of the Duke of Buckingham 6. War and Interregnum, 1642–60 Death and Disorder: The Battle of Edgehill Voices of the Past: The Execution of Charles I 7. Restoration and Revolution, 1660–90 Death and Disorder: The Bloody Assizes Voices of the Past: Fire in the Garrett Part Three: Empire and Society 8. Exploration, Trade, and Empire Death and Disorder: The Murder of Pemisipan Voices of the Past: The Jamestown Massacre 9. Order, Authority, and Obedience Death and Disorder: The Murder of Thomas Arden Voices of the Past: The Life and Death of Margaret Fernseed 10. Elite and Common Culture Death and Disorder: The Hog-Keeper and Her Daughter Voices of the Past: The Wealthy Yeoman and the Tragical Midwife 11. From Cradle to Grave: The Stages of Life Death and Disorder: Monstrous Births and Murderous Mothers Voices of the Past: The Penitent Death of Thomas Savage Conclusion: Death and Disorder, Change and Continuity Further Resources
