Written in a lively style, and well illustrated to help hold the students interest.Accessible, attractive layout assists students in learning on from GCSE.Controlled vocabulary and clear text make it suitable for students of all abilities at AS and A level.Introduces evidence adn sources outside the usual material available to encourage students to engage with the past and become active Historians.Presents key issues, events and people clearly so students can find their way through the complexity of historical problems.Numerous pictoral sources to stimulate students and capture their interest.

 

This book is part of a book series called Challenging History .

There are 424 pages in this book. This book was published 1993 by Oxford University Press .

Ian Dawson is Publications Director of the Schools History Project and creator of www. thinkinghistory. co. uk.

This book has the following chapters: The Tudors at work, rest and play; ideas new and old; the government and the people; the Tudors and the Wars of the Roses; the reign of Henry VII; Henry VII, foreign policy and the security of the realm; Henry VIII - an accidental revolutionary?; the English Reformation; a second revolution?; government 1530-1540; a return to tradition?, 1540-1547; Edward VI and Mary - years of crisis and failure?; Edward VI - "Woe to thee, o land, where the king is a child"; Mary Tudor - the ill-fortuned queen; Elizabeth - Gloriana?; Elizabeth Thames; Elizabeth - the first ten years, 1558-1568; a time of threat and plenty, 1568-1585; war, hunger and triumph, 1585-1603.