Geoffrey R. Elton
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Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge, 1983–88; Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, 1954–93. Author of The Tudor Revolution in Government and others.
Primary Contributions (3)
Thomas Cromwell was the principal adviser (1532–40) to England’s Henry VIII, chiefly responsible for establishing the Reformation in England, for the dissolution of the monasteries, and for strengthening the royal administration. At the instigation of his enemies, he was eventually arrested for…
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