Ten Tudor Statesmen

CONTENTS

I
HENRY VII
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I.	INTRODUCTORY	3
II.	HENRY’S EARLY YEARS, ACCESSION, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DYNASTY	5
III.	THE TUDOR ABSOLUTION AND THE EXCHEQUER	11
IV.	COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY	16
V.	JUDICATURE	21
VI.	FOREIGN POLICY	23
VII.	CHARACTER	27
II
CARDINAL WOLSEY
I.	APPRECIATIONS	35
II.	CARDINALIS PACIFICATOR	38
III.	WOLSEY AND THE FRENCH WAR	46
IV.	DOMESTIC POLICY	48
V.	THE DIVORCE	53
VI.	WOLSEY AND THE REFORMATION	62
VII.	WOLSEY’S FALL AND CHARACTER	67
III
SIR THOMAS MORE
I.	INTRODUCTORY	75
II.	UNDER HENRY VII	77
III.	THE EARLY YEARS OF HENRY VIII	82
IV.	THE “UTOPIA”	85
V.	MORE IN PUBLIC LIFE	94
VI.	INDIGNATIO PRINCIPIS	103
VII.	CHARACTER AND DEATH	106
IV
THOMAS CROMWELL
I.	THOMAS CROMWELL	115
II.	EARLIER CAREER AND RISE TO POWER	117
III.	PLANNING THE CAMPAIGN	125
IV.	CONTRA ECCLESIAM	130
V.	THE FABRIC OF DESPOTISM	135
VI.	CROMWELL AND PROTESTANTISM	146
VII.	CROMWELL’S FALL	151
V
HENRY VIII
I.	APPRECIATIONS	157
II.	THE CARDINAL RULES	159
III.	WAR	167
IV.	THE DIVORCE	170
V.	THE NEW POLICY	177
VI.	DIVERGENCES BETWEEN HENRY AND CROMWELL	182
VII.	HENRY’S CLOSING YEARS	187
VIII.	HENRY’S MARRIAGES	192
IX.	HENRY’S CHARACTER	198
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