Death and Disorder: A History of Early Modern England, 1485–1690

Acknowledgments
Conventions
Timeline of Key Events
Genealogies

Introduction

Part One: The Tudors, 1485–1603

1. Establishing the Tudor Dynasty, 1485–1509

Death and Disorder: War and Regicide
Voices of the Past: The Death of Perkin Warbeck

2. Henry VIII and Reform, 1509–1547

Death and Disorder: The Evil May Day Riot
Voices of the Past: The Execution of Anne Askew

3. Protestants and Catholics, 1547–1558

Death and Disorder: The Prayer Book Rebellion
Voices of the Past: The Burning of the Oxford Martyrs

4. Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen, 1558–1603

Death and Disorder: The London Plague of 1603
Voices of the Past: The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

Part Two: The Stuarts, 1603–1690

5. Early Stuart Absolutism, 1604–42

Death and Disorder: Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Voices of the Past: The Assassination of the Duke of Buckingham

6. War and Interregnum, 1642–60

Death and Disorder: The Battle of Edgehill
Voices of the Past: The Execution of Charles I

7. Restoration and Revolution, 1660–90

Death and Disorder: The Bloody Assizes
Voices of the Past: Fire in the Garrett

Part Three: Empire and Society

8. Exploration, Trade, and Empire

Death and Disorder: The Murder of Pemisipan
Voices of the Past: The Jamestown Massacre

9. Order, Authority, and Obedience

Death and Disorder: The Murder of Thomas Arden
Voices of the Past: The Life and Death of Margaret Fernseed

10. Elite and Common Culture

Death and Disorder: The Hog-Keeper and Her Daughter
Voices of the Past: The Wealthy Yeoman and the Tragical Midwife

11. From Cradle to Grave: The Stages of Life

Death and Disorder: Monstrous Births and Murderous Mothers
Voices of the Past: The Penitent Death of Thomas Savage

Conclusion: Death and Disorder, Change and Continuity

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