Rather feared than loved : Henry VII and his dominions, 1485-1509 -- Family and friends : Religion and society in early Tudor England -- Ways to reform : Challenge to the church -- Imperium : Henry VIII and the Reformation in England, 1509-47 -- Bearing rule : Governors and the governed -- Rebuilding the temple : Reigns of Edward VI (1547-53) and Mary I (1553-8) -- Perils many, great and imminent : Challenge of securing peace, 1558-70 -- Wars of religion : Churches militant in England, Ireland and Europe, 1570-84 -- Enterprise of England : New World ventures and the coming of war with Spain in the 1580s -- Theatre of God's judgements : Elizabethan world views -- Court and camp: Last years of Elizabeth's reign -- Epilogue : Lost worlds, new worlds