Tudor Cornwall : portrait of a society / A.L. Rowse
1949, Fifth Edition. London : J. Cape. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #449259
Physical description; 462 pages illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction: evidences and survival. The land. Industry: trade: shipping. Social structure and government. Feudal anarchy and social unrest. The rebellions of 1497: Henry VII and Perkin Warbeck. The condition of the church before Reformation. The dissolution of the monasteries. Consequences of the dissolution: economic, political, religious. Cornwall and public affairs under Henry VIII. The prayer book rebellion. The progress of the Reformation, 1549-58. The Elizabethan church. The Cornish Catholics. Defence and war, 1569-1603. The life of the society and of the individual. Subjects; Cornwall History. Cornwall (England : County). Cornwall (England : County) History 16th century. Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603.
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