This excellent reference book covers most aspects of the Tudor period. It gives brief year-by-year chronologies of the five Tudor reigns, thumbnail biographies of important people, chronologies of events in religion, education, Parliament and local government, tables of who held what offices and titles, a large glossary, an extensive bibliography, genealogical charts, maps of England and Ireland, and much else. Fills the niche left by Chris Cook's "English Historical Facts: 1485-1603," now out of print. ( )