CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I. THE NEW MONARCHY | The Renaissance not an event but a process1 | | Rebellion of the facts against the theories2 | | Medieval theories3 | | An active spirit of criticism4 | | The Prince of the new monarchy5 | | The new monarchy not a breach in constitutional development6 | | Contemporaries unconscious of any remarkable change7 | | The importance of the Battle of Bosworth8 | | The decision, though not the end, of a futile civil war10 | | The prestige of the Crown survived the internecine struggle12 | | Decline of the nobility13 | Unstable basis of baronial power: lack of money15 | | Lavish expenditure of the fifth earl of Northumberland17 | | A shaken morality18 |
| | The position of the Church: the appearance of strength19 | Understanding between Crown and Papacy20 | | Power of the Church sapped by indifference 21 |
| | Public apathy gave opportunity for a competent king22 | | The Tudor brought no theory; his success a triumph of fact23 |
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CHAPTER II. THE FACE OF ENGLAND | 'Descriptions' borrowed from Higden's Polychronicon25 | | England as seen by foreigners: Erasmus26 | Polydore Vergil27 | | Polydore's description of England28 | | The Italian Relation: a description by a Venetian30 |
| | Descriptions by Englishmen: John Leland32 | His professed purpose to rescue English manuscripts32 | | His suspicion of Polydore and of German 'collectors'33 | | His detailed survey of much of England34 |
| | The English forests34 | | Communications: roads and bridges35 | | Champaign farming and mineral wealth36 | | Few scars left by the Civil War37 | | Decay of the castles38 | | The contribution of the church to building39 | | Country towns and ports40 | | London41 | | London Bridge42 | | The city and its buildings43 | | The suburbs and the fields: Westminster44 |
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Publication information:
Book title: The Earlier Tudors, 1485-1558.
Contributors: J. D. Mackie - Author.
Publisher: Clarendon Press.
Place of publication: Oxford.
Publication year: 1952.
Page number: vii.
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