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• Preface
• Dedication and Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations

• Introduction: The Corporate Household
• 1. The Material Household and the Politics of Ostentation
• 2. The Princely Household: Patronage and Corporate Loyalties
• 3. Property and Politics: Land Acquisition and Political Status
• 4. Accomplishing the Female Succession: The Succession Crisis of July 1553 and Its Aftermath
• Conclusion: The Female Succession, Elite Households, and Further Research

• Appendix A: Henry VIII's Will and the Bequests to Mary and Elizabeth, 1547
• Appendix B: Mary's Aborted Flight, 1550s
• Appendix C: Creating and Investing a Prince of Wales
• Select Bibliography