THE AGE OF ELIZABETH
BY
MANDELL CREIGHTON
INTRODUCTION.
Religious condition of Europe in the middle of the sixteenth century
BOOK I.
RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT IN GERMANY AND ENGLAND.
I.
RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT IN GERMANY.
II.
REFORMATION IN ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD VI. 1547-1553
III.
CATHOLIC REACTION IN ENGLAND . 1553-1555
IV.
FRANCE, SPAIN, ENGLAND AND THE PAPACY . 1555-1558
V.
RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT IN ENGLAND.
BOOK II.
FRANCE AND SCOTLAND.—1520-67.
THE REFORMATION MOVEMENT IN FRANCE AND SCOTLAND.
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
BOOK III.
SPAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS
I
THE SPANISH MONARCHY
II
THE REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS
III
RESULT OF ALVA’S MEASURES ON FRANCE, ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. 1567-1570
IV
STRUGGLE OF CATHOLICISM AND PROTESTANTISM
V
ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S DAYS. 1572
BOOK IV
HOME GOVERNMENT OF ELIZABETH
ELIZABETH AND HOME AFFAIRS.
ELIZABETH'S COURT AND MINISTERS.
BOOK V
CONFLICT OF CATHOLICISM AND PRO TESTANTISM.—1576-86.
THE STRUGGLE IN THE NETHERLANDS.—1576-83.
THE JESUITS AND THE CATHOLIC REACTION
BOOK VI
THE LEAGUE AND THE ARMADA
SPAIN AND THE LEAGUE
THE SPANISH ARMADA
REACTION AGAINST SPAIN
BOOK VII
ENGLAND AFTER THE ARMADA
ENGLISH’ LIFE IN ELIZABETH’S REIGN
ELIZABETH’S LITERATURE
LAST YEARS OF ELIZABETH
