From Heads of Household to Heads of State: Preface

Preface
Dedication and Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Corporate Household
1. The Material Household and the Politics of Ostentation
2. The Princely Household: Patronage and Corporate Loyalties
3. Property and Politics: Land Acquisition and Political Status
4. Accomplishing the Female Succession: The Succession Crisis of July 1553 and Its Aftermath
Conclusion: The Female Succession, Elite Households, and Further Research

Appendix A: Henry VIII's Will and the Bequests to Mary and Elizabeth, 1547
Appendix B: Mary's Aborted Flight, 1550s
Appendix C: Creating and Investing a Prince of Wales
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Preface

1Wherever possible, I have presented quotations in the original spelling and punctuation. I have followed scholarly convention and used a modern dating system starting the year on January 1, rather than using the regnal year, which contemporaries employed in official documents.

From Head of Household to Heads of State

The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558

J. L. McIntosh

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Preface