England and Europe in the Sixteenth Century
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England
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Europe
France
reformation
sixteenth century
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- ISBN 9780333567753
- Weight: 225g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 30 Oct 1998
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book provides a thematic survey of English foreign policy in the sixteenth century, focusing on the influence of the concept of honour, security concerns, religious ideology and commercial interests on the making of policy. It draws attention to aspects of continuity with the late-medieval past but argues, too, that the European Reformation brought new challenges which forced a rethinking of policy. Far from treating the sixteenth century as the period when England began its rise as a Great Power, the author emphasises the structural weaknesses of the English armed forces and demonstrates that dangers and insecurities did more to mould foreign policy than the energy and confidence of the Tudor rulers.
SUSAN DORAN is a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, University of Oxford, UK.
