Description
Book SynopsisThis work examines the structures of power and jurisdiction that operated in Tudor England. It explains what the institutions of central government were designed to do, and how they related to each other. It also discusses how order and obedience were supposed to be preserved in the countryside.
Trade Review"Students will undoubtedly find this book helpful in many ways."
Economic History Review, June 1999 "No one interested in Tudor (or, for that matter, Yorkist or Stuart) parliaments will want to leave this work unread." Parliamentary History
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Theories of Authority.
1. The Central Machinery.
2. The Regions.
3. The Counties.
4. Hundreds and Parishes.
5. Towns and Cities.
6. The Church.
7. Franchises.
8. The Feudal Structures.
9. Networks.
Conclusion: The Unitary State.
Bibliography.
Index.
