A Companion to Tudor Britain provides an authoritative overview of historical debates about this period, focusing on the whole British Isles. * An authoritative overview of scholarly debates about Tudor Britain * Focuses on the whole British Isles, exploring what was common and what was distinct to its four constituent elements * Emphasises big cultural, social, intellectual, religious and economic themes * Describes differing political and personal experiences of the time * Discusses unusual subjects, such as the sense of the past amongst British constituent identities, the relationship of cultural forms to social and political issues, and the role of scientific inquiry * Bibliographies point readers