Books by J. R. Tanner

First published in 1920, this book looks at Pepys' legacy as a naval administrator. Respected Pepys scholar J. R. Tanner examines the ways in which Pepys applied business principles to various facets of naval organization, all while working under a king whose aversion to business-related matters was well known.

This 1922 book contains material from a series of Tudor constitutional documents, together with a detailed historical commentary of the period. It will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Tudor period and the development of the British constitution.

This 1930 volume containing the constitutional documents of the reign of James I was compiled by the Cambridge scholar and historian J. R. Tanner. Tanner included an historical commentary for the documents, drawing particular attention to the way policies and attitudes under James I differed from those of the Tudors.

The lectures printed in the present volume were delivered in the University of Cambridge by the author as Deputy for the Regius Professor of Modern History during the academic year 1926-27.