Government in Reformation Europe 1520–1560

Front Matter....Pages 1-8
Introduction....Pages 9-39
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
The French Renaissance Monarchy as Seen through the Estates General....Pages 43-57
The Administrative Structure of the State in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries....Pages 58-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
The Concordat of 1516: A Reassessment....Pages 91-112
The Role of Parliament in the Henrician Reformation....Pages 113-125
King or Minister? The Man Behind the Henrician Reformation....Pages 126-144
The Peace of Augsburg: New Order or Lull in the Fighting....Pages 145-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Grand Master of the Order of Teutonic Knights and Duke in Prussia, 1490–1568....Pages 169-202
Financial Policy and the Evolution of the Demesne in the Netherlands under Charles V and Philip II (1530–1560)....Pages 203-224
Royal Administration before the Intendants: Parlements and Governors....Pages 225-256
The Provincial Governors of the Netherlands from the Minority of Charles V to the Revolt....Pages 257-264
The Codification of Customary Law in France in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries....Pages 265-283
The 1550 Sudebnik as an Instrument of Reform....Pages 284-309
Back Matter....Pages 310-320