Policy and Police: The Enforcement of the Reformation in the Age of Thomas Cromwell

by G.R. Elton

Book Overview

G. R. Elton's Policy and Police, first published in 1972, has since acquired classic status in the literature on the government of sixteenth-century England. The book examines what actually happened during Henry VIII's break with Rome, the widespread resistance which necessitated constant vigilance on the part of the government, and the role of Thomas Cromwell, whose surviving correspondence permits a detailed insight both into the purposes of government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521313090
• ISBN13: 9780521313094
• Release Date: November 1985
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"