Conquest and Union: Fashioning a British State 1485-1725

ISBN-13: 9780582209633 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 348 str.

Ellis, Steven G.

Opis

This text examines the formation of the British state. Topics covered include: Tudor state formation; Tudor reform in Wales and Ireland; Anglo-Scottish Protestant culture; the Anglican Church and the unity of Britain; and the Gaelic reaction to the Reformation.

Spis treści

List of Maps.
List of abbreviations.
Glossary.
Preface.
Introduction: the concept of British history.
1. The fashioning of Britain.
2. Tudor state formation and the shaping of the British Isles.
3. Comparable histories? Tudor reform in Wales and Ireland.
4. Anglo-Scottish protestant culture and integration in 16th century Britain.
5. The Anglian Church and the unity of Britain: the Welsh experience, 1560-1714.
6. The Gaelic reaction to the Reformation.
7. Gaelic culture in the 17th century: polarisation and assimilation.
8. Scotland and Ireland under the Commonwealth: a question of loyalty.
9. The origins of a British aristocracy: integration and its limitation before the treaty of Union.
10. Scotland and Ireland in the later Stewart monarchy.
11. Constitutional experiments and political expediency.
Conclusion: a state of Britishness?

O autorze

Steven G. Ellis, Sarah Barber