Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vi
Acknowledgements x
Introduction 1
1 Landscape and Seascape 9
2 'His Wit Always Quick and Ready': The reign of Henry VII 49
3 'With My Own Eyes to See': Early Tudor religion 87
4 Suffering in Life and Consolation in Death 120
5 'Glorious Knight and Christian King': The reign of Henry VIII 161
6 Authority and Dissent: The balance of power 205
7 From Utopia to Babel: The beginning of reformation 242
8 Edward VI and the Trials of the Young Josiah 278
9 'The Vigour of Invention': Renaissance words 312
10 The Problem of Queenship: The reign of Mary I 347
11 Imagining the Other: Europe and the wider world 389
12 The Invention of Gloriana: The reign of Elizabeth I 424
13 A World Divided 481
14 The Drama of Life and the Politics of Performance 522
Afterword 561
Notes 565
Suggestions for Further Reading 672
Index 680