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20 September – Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born c. 1453) 1502 2 April – Arthur, Prince of Wales (born 1486) 6 May – James Tyrrell, knight, alleged murderer of the princes in the Tower (executed) (born c. 1450) 1503 11 February – Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (born 1466) [11]
English Society in the Early Middle Ages (1951), by Doris Mary Stenton; England in the Late Middle Ages (1952), by A.R. Myers (1912–1980) Tudor England (1950), by Stanley Bindoff; Two books have filled the seventeenth century slot in the series: England in the Seventeenth Century (1952), by Maurice Ashley, which was retired in 1977
For a full timeline overview, see timeline of British history. There was no concept of "British history" in the 1500s, except that the word "British" was used to refer to the ancient Britons and the Welsh. This page presents a timeline of events in the history of England and Scotland from 1500 until 1599. 1509 England – Henry VIII crowned and married to Catherine of Aragon 1513 England and ...
The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information (1996) Walker, Robin B. "The newspaper press in the reign of William III." Historical Journal 17#4 (1974): 691–709. in JSTOR; Williams, Keith. The English Newspaper: An Illustrated History to 1900 (1977) Williams, Kevin. Read All About it: a History of the British ...
The history of local government in England is one of gradual change and evolution since the Middle Ages. England has never possessed a formal written constitution, with the result that modern administration (and the judicial system) is based on precedent, and is derived from administrative powers granted (usually by the Crown) to older systems, such as that of the shires.
The term "Whig history" was coined by Herbert Butterfield in his book The Whig Interpretation of History in 1931. [34] Paul Rapin de Thoyras's history of England, published in 1723, became "the classic Whig history" for the first half of the 18th century. [35] It was later supplanted by the immensely popular The History of England by David Hume.
The complete History of England is arranged in chronological order, as follows: Vols. 1–2: The history of England from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the accession of Henry VII (i.e. 55 BC – AD 1485; first published in 1762) [4] Vols. 3–4. The history of England under the House of Tudor (covering the years 1485–1601; published 1759 ...
1 February – Parliament's Putting away of Books and Images Act 1549 receives royal assent, encouraging iconoclasm. [1] 24 March – England and France sign the Treaty of Boulogne; England withdraws from Boulogne in France and returns territorial gains in Scotland. [2] The value of the angel is raised from eight to ten shillings.