Table of contents : Genealogical table The Tudor Succession Note on Units of Currency 1. Henry VII: Founding a new dynasty 2. Henry VIII: The personification of power 3. The Reformation and British 'Imperial' Kingship 4. Mid-Tudor crisis and the succession 5. Philip and Mary: an experiment in dual monarchy 6. The early Elizabethan polity 7. Material culture and the arts 8. After the armada Further reading Chronology Index