Course Details
Country:
Ireland
Institution:
University of Galway
Course Title:
THE TUDORS: RELIGION, STATE & SOCIETY
Course Number:
HI459.E
Course Description:
The Tudors were the first Welsh dynasty on the English throne, and after recovering from a shaky start, shortage of male heirs led to the accession of a Scottish king, James VI, on the death of the last Tudor, Elizabeth I, in 1603. By then, however, the nature of the Tudor state had been substantially transformed from the medieval patrimony acquired by Henry Tudor in 1485. Central control of outlying territories, Ireland, Wales, and the English north, had been extended and consolidated; the monarch had replaced the pope as ‘supreme governor’ of what was now a state church organized on broadly Protestant lines; and a more law-abiding, gentry-dominated, ‘civil’ society had gradually developed even in outlying parts to challenge the territorial magnates, armed retainers, and their numerous tenantry.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
HIST 388
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