| I |
| HENRY VII |
| | | PAGE |
| I. | INTRODUCTORY | [3] |
| II. | HENRY’S EARLY YEARS, ACCESSION, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DYNASTY | [5] |
| III. | THE TUDOR ABSOLUTION AND THE EXCHEQUER | [11] |
| IV. | COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY | [16] |
| V. | JUDICATURE | [21] |
| VI. | FOREIGN POLICY | [23] |
| VII. | CHARACTER | [27] |
| II |
| CARDINAL WOLSEY |
| I. | APPRECIATIONS | [35] |
| II. | CARDINALIS PACIFICATOR | [38] |
| III. | WOLSEY AND THE FRENCH WAR | [46] |
| IV. | DOMESTIC POLICY | [48] |
| V. | THE DIVORCE | [53] |
| VI. | WOLSEY AND THE REFORMATION | [62] |
| VII. | WOLSEY’S FALL AND CHARACTER | [67] |
| III |
| SIR THOMAS MORE |
| I. | INTRODUCTORY | [75] |
| II. | UNDER HENRY VII | [77] |
| III. | THE EARLY YEARS OF HENRY VIII | [82] |
| IV. | THE “UTOPIA” | [85] |
| V. | MORE IN PUBLIC LIFE | [94] |
| VI. | INDIGNATIO PRINCIPIS | [103] |
| VII. | CHARACTER AND DEATH | [106] |
| IV |
| THOMAS CROMWELL |
| I. | THOMAS CROMWELL | [115] |
| II. | EARLIER CAREER AND RISE TO POWER | [117] |
| III. | PLANNING THE CAMPAIGN | [125] |
| IV. | CONTRA ECCLESIAM | [130] |
| V. | THE FABRIC OF DESPOTISM | [135] |
| VI. | CROMWELL AND PROTESTANTISM | [146] |
| VII. | CROMWELL’S FALL | [151] |
| V |
| HENRY VIII |
| I. | APPRECIATIONS | [157] |
| II. | THE CARDINAL RULES | [159] |
| III. | WAR | [167] |
| IV. | THE DIVORCE | [170] |
| V. | THE NEW POLICY | [177] |
| VI. | DIVERGENCES BETWEEN HENRY AND CROMWELL | [182] |
| VII. | HENRY’S CLOSING YEARS | [187] |
| VIII. | HENRY’S MARRIAGES | [192] |
| IX. | HENRY’S CHARACTER | [198] |
| VI |
| PROTECTOR SOMERSET |
| I. | MISCONCEPTIONS | [205] |
| II. | THE PROTECTOR AND HIS PROBLEMS | [207] |
| III. | SOMERSET AND SCOTLAND | [212] |
| IV. | SOMERSET’S RELIGIOUS POLICY | [217] |
| V. | SOMERSET AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM | [222] |
| VI. | THE LORD ADMIRAL | [225] |
| VII. | THE EX-PROTECTOR | [230] |
| VII |
| ARCHBISHOP CRANMER |
| I. | INTRODUCTORY | [237] |
| II. | CRANMER AT CAMBRIDGE | [239] |
| III. | RISE TO THE ARCHBISHOPRIC | [244] |
| IV. | HENRY’S PRIMATE | [248] |
| V. | CRANMER AND SOMERSET | [258] |
| VI. | THE FLOWING TIDE OF PROTESTANTISM | [263] |
| VII. | DE PROFUNDIS | [267] |
| VIII |
| WILLIAM CECIL (LORD BURGHLEY) |
| I. | THE MINISTERS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH | [279] |
| II. | CECIL UNDER EDWARD VI. AND MARY | [281] |
| III. | FOREIGN AFFAIRS AT ELIZABETH’S ACCESSION | [288] |
| IV. | DOMESTIC AND SCOTTISH POLICY | [296] |
| V. | CECIL AND PROTESTANTISM | [303] |
| VI. | ELIZABETH’S SECOND PERIOD | [307] |
| VII. | THE WAR WITH SPAIN | [315] |
| VIII. | AN APPRECIATION | [319] |
| IX |
| SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM |
| I. | WALSINGHAM’S CHARACTER | [325] |
| II. | WALSINGHAM’S RISE | [328] |
| III. | AMBASSADOR AT PARIS | [332] |
| IV. | ENTANGLEMENTS | [339] |
| V. | DETECTIVE METHODS | [348] |
| VI. | THE END | [355] |
| X |
| SIR WALTER RALEIGH |
| I. | CHARACTER | [361] |
| II. | RALEIGH’S RISE | [363] |
| III. | VIRGINIA | [369] |
| IV. | AFTER THE ARMADA | [376] |
| V. | FAVOUR AND FALL | [381] |
| VI. | CAPTIVE AND VICTIM | [387] |