Bosworth Field to Bloody Mary: An Encyclopedia of the Early Tudors

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This A-to-Z encyclopedia provides students and nonspecialists with concise, accurate, and engaging definitions and descriptions of important people and terms relating to Early Tudor England. Covering the period from 1485 to 1558, the reigns of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I, the book contains nearly 400 cross-referenced entries. Entries feature key events, movements, groups, treaties, publications, important people, and more. Along with well-known figures of the day, this book includes significant but less familiar individuals, for whom detailed information is elusive. The encyclopedia includes lists of additional readings, maps, genealogical charts, an extensive bibliography, a subject index, a list of Tudor-themed historical novels, a guide to related entries, and an annotated listing of Tudor Web sites. Illustrated by over 40 drawings and photographs, the encyclopedia also offers numerous useful appendices, including listings of European monarchs, holders of English titles of nobility, holders of major offices of state, sessions and speakers of Parliament, governors of Ireland, major battles and rebellions, 16th-century popes, and bishops of the Early Tudor Church.

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Bosworth Field to Bloody Mary offers sufficient unique material and revised entries to warrant its acquisition by libraries supporting research and teaching in Tudor studies. Recommended. All levels. * Choice *
This is a very useful reference book that allows students and nonspecialists to encounter the individuals and institutions that shaped the transformational period of English history from the ascendance of Henry VII to the demise of Mary I. * Sixteenth Century Journal *
Bosworth Field to Bloody Mary is a strongly recommended and core addition to personal, academic, and community library British History collections. * MBR Internet Bookwatch *

Author Bio

John A. Wagner has taught British and U.S. history at Phoenix College and at Arizona State University. He holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and a MA and PhD from Arizona State University. He is the author of The Devon Gentleman: The Life of Sir Peter Carew (1998), The Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World (1999), and Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses (2001), and is a contributor to the Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485 (2002).