Reform and Renewal (The Wiles Lectures) - Tapa dura

Reseña del editor

Scholarship has established the prevalence of a reformist ideal of 'the Commonwealth' in early Tudor England, but concentration on scholars and writings has led to a neglect of affairs and politics. This study attempts to discover the fate of reforming programmes when efforts were made to translate them into reality, and it uses the administration of Thomas Cromwell as a test-case. Cromwell, it is well known, favoured advanced thinkers and promoted much parliamentary legislation; how far can we see him as a proponent of 'commonwealth' politics and what success did we have? A close look establishes him as a man who without formal training practised the techniques of the learned and behaved as an intellectual. He also emerges as an evangelical in religion, a believer in the via media between extremes on which the Church of England was to erect its particular form of religion. As the only experienced parliamentarian in the group, he also knew how to handle the instrument of reform. The study discusses this work in two main respects: reforms in the economy and reform of the law.

Biografía del autor

G. R. Elton was Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University from 1983 to 1988. Among his numerous works are "The Tudor Revolution in Government" (1953), "England under the Tudors" (1955), "Reform and Renewal" (1973), "The Parliament of England 1559-1581," and "The English" (Blackwell, 1992). He was founding editor of the Blackwell History of the Modern British Isles. he died in 1994.

Andrew Pettergree is Professor in Modern History at the University of St Andrews and Director of the St Andrews Reformation Studies Institute.

Jenifer Elton Wilson is an integrative psychotherapist and counselling psychologist, who has recently designed and implemented a professional doctorate in psychotherapy. She has written and presented widely about a time-conscious approach to effective psychological therapy and works in private practice as therapist, clinical supervisor, consultant and freelance trainer. She was the first Chair of the Counselling Psychology Division of the British Psychological Society.

. . Gabrielle Syme is a psychodynamic counsellor/psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer. Over the past twenty-five years she has worked in the voluntary sector, in higher education, in the health service and in independent practice. She has written and presented in a wide range of topics, including: bereavement, working in independent practice and dual relationships. She is a Fellow and former Chair of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. .

Chester Elton is co-author of"The Carrot Principle" and "The Orange Revolution", a popular lecturer, and an influential voice in global workplace trends. He is a founder of The Culture Works and advises the leadership teams of numerous Fortune 500 firms on cultural issues. Learn more at TheCultureWorks.com or chesterelton.com