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Tudor Frontiers and Noble Power: The Making of the British State
Tudor Frontiers and Noble Power The Making of the British State Author:Steven G. Ellis BL New and controversial view of Tudor politics from the perspective of the borderlands BL First detailed comparison of Irish and northern frontiers, usually studied separately Professor Ellis offers a novel view of Tudor government and British state formation from the perspective of the borderlands which collectively made up over half of... more » English territory. He argues that it was the frontiers, not lowland England, which provided the real test of Tudor statesmanship.« less