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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