Lady Jane Grey (eBook)
392 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-5426-3 (ISBN)
English history.
In July 1553 the death of the childless Edward VI threw the
Tudor dynasty into crisis. On Edward's instructions his cousin Jane
Grey was proclaimed queen, only to be ousted 13 days later by his
illegitimate half sister Mary and later beheaded. In this radical
reassessment, Eric Ives rejects traditional portraits of Jane both
as hapless victim of political intrigue or Protestant martyr.
Instead he presents her as an accomplished young woman with a
fierce personal integrity. The result is a compelling dissection by
a master historian and storyteller of one of history's most
shocking injustices.
Eric Ives is Emeritus Professor of English History at the University of Birmingham and author of The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn (Wiley-Blackwell, 2004). He has written widely on Tudor history, the history of law, and on the development of modern higher education. In 2001 he was awarded the OBE for services to history and the University of Birmingham.
List of Illustrations.
List of Figures.
Preface.
Titles and Offices.
Figures.
Map.
Prologue.
Part I The Scene.
1 The Year of Three Sovereigns.
2 In Search of Jane Grey.
3 Jane Grey in Context.
Part II The Protagonists.
Jane Grey.
4 A Damnable Inheritance.
5 Jane the Person.
6 Family Priorities.
7 A Godly Upbringing.
Mary Tudor.
8 Father and Daughter.
9 Sister and Brother.
John Dudley.
10 John Dudley: The Career.
11 John Dudley: The Black Legend.
12 John Dudley: Motives.
Edward.
13 The Young King.
14 'My Deuise for the Succession'.
15 King and Minister.
16 The Will of a King.
Part III Thirteen Days.
17 Preparations.
18 Jane the Queen.
19 The Council in London.
20 The March on Framlingham.
21 A Second Front.
22 The Rebellion of Mary Tudor.
Part IV Consequences.
23 Every Man for Himself.
24 The Tower.
25 Nemesis.
26 The River of Jordan.
27 Afterlife.
28 Envoi.
Notes.
Bibliographical Abbreviations.
Index.
"Written in a scholarly fashion, with an abundance of family trees,
maps and a list of titles and offices, this book is a factual, yet
compelling, take on a much covered story. A fascinating tale, this
will appeal to both scholars and general readers alike." (Family
History Monthly, 1 April 2012)
"This is a thoroughly absorbing and ingenious book which will
appeal to scholars and general readers alike." (History
Today, June 2010)
"A Tudor mystery is brilliantly solved, and the story of one of
England's most dangerous crises is thrillingly told... This
book, which takes us as close to the truth of these events as is
possible, will convince scholars who thought that they knew the
story already, and delight general readers."
-Susan Brigden, Lincoln College, Oxford
"A highly ingenious solution to the mystery of Jane Grey's
thirteen-day usurpation of the throne. Ives's research skills are
formidable and will make this book essential, if provocative
reading."
-John Guy
"Eric Ives has provided the first full-scale account of one of
the most surprising sequences of events in the politics of Tudor
England. It is an engrossing tale, here presented in incisive style
by a scholar who has an instinctive grasp of how to bring the
surprises back to life."
-Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of Reformation,
Europe's House Divided, and A History of Christianity: The
First Three Thousand Years
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.9.2011 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Schlagworte | Early Modern British History • Geschichte • Geschichte der britischen Frühmoderne • Geschichte der britischen Frühmoderne • History |
ISBN-10 | 1-4443-5426-4 / 1444354264 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4443-5426-3 / 9781444354263 |
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