Historiography
, Henry VII
CHARACTER GOVERNMENT
J. Guy - 'Could be ruthless and severe, but was R. L. Storey - ‘Regard
neither bloodthirsty nor egotistical'. of the great landmarks
'interested in the aspects of government that bored England’s political dev
most other monarchs'. C. S. L Davies - ‘Hars
A. Grant - ‘Kept close
FOREIGN POLICY RELIGION control on all the stran
R. B. Wernham - ‘Tudor C. Harper-Bill - ‘The government’.
England was never able to institutions of the
cut loose from continental English Church in the OVERALL SUCCESS
entanglements’. early 16th century do S. B. Chimes - ‘Left a
B. Thompson - ‘Constant not appear to have more secure than it ha
disorder and insecurity’. been in urgent need of since the best days of
G. Mattingly - ‘Series of reform’. III’.
shrewdly planned