G.W. Bernard is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Southampton, UK.

G. W. Bernard’s Who Ruled Tudor England: Paradoxes of Power is a highly readable and thoughtful book, the core of which is serious criticism of Geoffrey Elton and his work on Thomas Cromwell and the Tudor revolution of government.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: HistoriansHistorians of Tudor Government:Sir Geoffrey EltonR.B. WernhamPenry WilliamsGerald HarrissC.S.L. DaviesJennifer LoachPeter GwynPart II: History1a. Monarchy: legitimacy and personality 1b. Monarchy: ceremony, the arts, tyranny?2. The power of the nobility3. Parliament: the political nation4. Finance5. Military organisation6. A ‘Tudor revolution in government’?7. The personal8. Enforcement, dissent and rebellion9a. Poverty and policy 9b. The crown and religion in Tudor England9c. The exception of IrelandConclusion: Paradoxes of PowerEpilogue: the influence and legacy of Sir Geoffrey EltonBibliographyIndex

G.W. Bernard is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Southampton, UK.

G. W. Bernard’s Who Ruled Tudor England: Paradoxes of Power is a highly readable and thoughtful book, the core of which is serious criticism of Geoffrey Elton and his work on Thomas Cromwell and the Tudor revolution of government.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: HistoriansHistorians of Tudor Government:Sir Geoffrey EltonR.B. WernhamPenry WilliamsGerald HarrissC.S.L. DaviesJennifer LoachPeter GwynPart II: History1a. Monarchy: legitimacy and personality 1b. Monarchy: ceremony, the arts, tyranny?2. The power of the nobility3. Parliament: the political nation4. Finance5. Military organisation6. A ‘Tudor revolution in government’?7. The personal8. Enforcement, dissent and rebellion9a. Poverty and policy 9b. The crown and religion in Tudor England9c. The exception of IrelandConclusion: Paradoxes of PowerEpilogue: the influence and legacy of Sir Geoffrey EltonBibliographyIndex

G.W. Bernard is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Southampton, UK.

G. W. Bernard’s Who Ruled Tudor England: Paradoxes of Power is a highly readable and thoughtful book, the core of which is serious criticism of Geoffrey Elton and his work on Thomas Cromwell and the Tudor revolution of government.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: HistoriansHistorians of Tudor Government:Sir Geoffrey EltonR.B. WernhamPenry WilliamsGerald HarrissC.S.L. DaviesJennifer LoachPeter GwynPart II: History1a. Monarchy: legitimacy and personality 1b. Monarchy: ceremony, the arts, tyranny?2. The power of the nobility3. Parliament: the political nation4. Finance5. Military organisation6. A ‘Tudor revolution in government’?7. The personal8. Enforcement, dissent and rebellion9a. Poverty and policy 9b. The crown and religion in Tudor England9c. The exception of IrelandConclusion: Paradoxes of PowerEpilogue: the influence and legacy of Sir Geoffrey EltonBibliographyIndex