Tudor Revolution in Government

Author： Elton  

Publisher： Cambridge University Press‎

Publication year： 1967

E-ISBN: 9780511863516

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780521092357

Subject： K5 European History

Keyword： 欧洲史

Language： ENG

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Tudor Revolution in Government

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This book is a study of change in the methods and principles of English government in the sixteenth century, from the 'household' methods of the Middle Ages to the bureaucratic organization of a national monarchy. The most important decade, 1530–40, is given most concentrated attention, but the earlier and later phases are also touched upon. The study deals with the organs of central government: the financial machinery and the new courts; seals and secretariats and the rise of the secretary of state; the council and the making of the privy council; the royal household and its retirement from national government. When this neglected aspect of its history is studied, the sixteenth century is once again seen as an age of revolution. It becomes clear that it was Thomas Cromwell who was the principal figure in the government of the 1530's, and both his mind and his real intentions are shown in a fresh light.

Chapter

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

I The Last Phase of Medieval Government

1. Decline

2. Revival

3. Wolsey’s administration

II The Bureaucrat Minister

1. Henry VIII and his ministers

2. Thomas Cromwell’s rise to power

3. Cromwell’s offices

4. Cromwell as a treasurer

III The Reform of the Agencies of Finance

1. The financial administration in about 1530

2. The decline of the chamber

3. The new machinery

4. The restoration of exchequer supremacy

IV Privy Seal, Signet, and Secretary

1. Cromwell and the lesser seals

2. The signet

3. The privy seal

4. The principal secretary

V The Privy Council

1. The making of the privy council

2. Privy council and principal secretary

VI The King’s Household

1. Organization

2. Finance

VII The Administrative Revolution

Appendix I Cromwell and the Mastershipof The King’s Wards

II Documents

A. ‘Account a’, A Specimen of Cromwell’Saccounts (sp 1:72, fos. 156–7)

B. The Financial Machinery when Cromwellcame to Power (sp 1:67, fos. 32–7)

C. The Earliest Surviving Warrant for Paymentaddressed to Cromwell (E 101/421/l)

D. Cromwell’s Orders to the Signet Office(DL 42/133, fos. 1–1 v)

E. Thomas Derby’s Appointment as Clerkof the Council (c 82/664, no. 25)

Index

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