Two Tudor Conspiracies
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Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket — cloth/board in red, appears intact. Page Condition: Yellowed/tanning consistent with age (1965 publication). Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears sound. No stickers or labels visible on the title page interior.
A landmark work in Tudor scholarship, Two Tudor Conspiracies examines two of the most dramatic plots against the Marian regime: Wyatt's Rebellion of 1554 and the Dudley Conspiracy of 1556. Drawing on extensive archival research, D. M. Loades presents a rigorous and authoritative account of political dissent during the turbulent reign of Queen Mary I, unravelling the motivations, networks, and consequences of those who dared to challenge the Crown. Written with scholarly precision, the work illuminates the dangerous intersection of religion, dynastic ambition, and treason in mid-sixteenth-century England. Loades argues convincingly that these conspiracies reveal the deep fractures within English society during the Marian restoration of Catholicism, making this an indispensable text for students and historians of the Tudor period.
Author: D. M. Loades
Format: Hardback
Published: 1965, Cambridge University Press
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket — cloth/board in red, appears intact. Page Condition: Yellowed/tanning consistent with age (1965 publication). Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears sound. No stickers or labels visible on the title page interior.
A landmark work in Tudor scholarship, Two Tudor Conspiracies examines two of the most dramatic plots against the Marian regime: Wyatt's Rebellion of 1554 and the Dudley Conspiracy of 1556. Drawing on extensive archival research, D. M. Loades presents a rigorous and authoritative account of political dissent during the turbulent reign of Queen Mary I, unravelling the motivations, networks, and consequences of those who dared to challenge the Crown. Written with scholarly precision, the work illuminates the dangerous intersection of religion, dynastic ambition, and treason in mid-sixteenth-century England. Loades argues convincingly that these conspiracies reveal the deep fractures within English society during the Marian restoration of Catholicism, making this an indispensable text for students and historians of the Tudor period.