This volume covers English history from the emergence of the Tudor dynasty during the War of the Roses through to the death of Elizabeth I. It combines an up-to-date text on the lives of the Tudor monarchs, and the events and issues of the period. It is a companion volume to the European history of that same period, "Years of Renewal: European History 1470-1600". The book features; discussion points with documentary, historiographical and essay-writing exercises; a full-colour section provides the basis for a source exercise on royal portraits; and, in addition to detailed political coverage, sections are incorporated on popular and elite culture, Tudor rebellions and the frontier regions of the North, Wales and Ireland.