Product Description

This authoritative guide covers the whole Tudor period of English history in one manageable volume, from the reign of Henry VII to Elizabethan England. Written by A level History teachers and examiners, this student-friendly book includes a number of features to support History teaching and learning, offering historical interpretations, document source questions, explanation of difficult words and concepts and a study skills section for exam preparation. Chapters: 1. Synoptic overview of the period 2. The reign of Henry VII 3. The Age of Wolsey 4. Social and economic change 1485-1547 5. Religious change under Henry VIII 6. Government, Politics and Foreign Affairs 1529-1547 7. Edward VI 8. Mary I 9. Elizabethan Government and Politics 10. Religion and Elizabethan England 11. Elizabethan Foreign Policy 12. Elizabethan social, economic and cultural history

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #255437 in Books
• Published on: 1999-01-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Review
Teachers' comments on the first book in the series: 'Accessible, stimulating and pitched at the right level' 'An excellent book. The best I have seen for combining knowledge and skills.'

About the Author
Derrick Murphy is Head of History at St Ambrose College, Altrincham, Cheshire. He is an NEAB Chief Examiner and an International Baccalaureate Examiner. Patrick Walsh-Atkins is Deputy Head, Bromsgrove School; ULEAC Principal Examiner; OCEAC Chief Examiner. Michael Tillbrook is Director of Arts and Humanities, Rutland College, Oakham; AEB Principal Examiner. Allan Keen is Head of History, The Leys School, Redditch; NEAB Chief Examiner; ULEAC Moderator.

Customer Reviews

History: - Boring and Hard. NOT THIS BOOK!!
England 1485-1603. A complicated era to study but without doubt this book will help. I study AS level Tudor history and this book has been my Guru, or to use stronger terminology in some cases my savior. It has it all Religion, Law, Politics...everything you need to know to pass the current syllabus. I applaud the authors for their hours of hard work to give us a book that is direct, to the point and explains everything so well. So you don't get to bored while straining over those hard Essay's entitled 'Henry VIII...Full History please' it includes an interesting array of pictures and diagrams which again make it easier to understand. My critism's would be that perhaps this book can be to vague in places and that there is no colour...once you open the front cover it's all so monochrome it hurts your eyes. But on balance a good book, which will no doubt be of help to anyone studying this period. Especially if your focus is on Henry VII, Henry VIII, Cardinal Wolsey and all the factors surrounding them. A truly great book.

Essential For students
I found this book really useful for revision everything you need to know is included. Also it is worth noting that it's written by the chief examiner so you are able to see from his perspective and my teacher described this book as my 'Bible' for studying this period.

Too brief for my liking.
I've just finished my A levels, one of which was in Tudor History. On the run up to my exams I began to panic (as everyone probably does!) so i bought almost every book I could find on that era. This was one of the many books I purchased, mainly on the advice of the other reviews. But i was not as pleased. For me my school placed great emphasis on wider knowledge and I was revising for a very detailed period, I didn't want to just be another student using the same old examples and quotes. Although the book does cover the period, for me it covered it too briefly, after all it does cover over 100 years! Luckily I had also bought a few 'access to history' books (Henry VIII and govt of England, Mid Tudor Crisis and Elizabeth) which really helped fill the gaps. I ended up gaining a high A grade for my full A level, mainly in my view due to the help of the 'access to history' books. This book is good but to gain the top grades I would recommend the 'access to history' series.