Tudor and Stuart Britain: 1485-1714

ISBN-13: 9781138949553 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 726 str.

Roger Lockyer; Peter Gaunt

Opis

Tudor and Stuart Britain charts the political, religious, economic and social history of Britain from 1485-1714. This fourth edition has been fully updated and now includes a selection of key maps and illustrations and an extended analysis of Henry VII, the English Civil War and arts and culture.

Spis treści

Preface 1 The new monarchy; 2 King and cardinal; 3 The break with Rome; 4 Henry VIII’s government; 5 Edward VI and Mary I; 6 Tudor England; 7 Ireland and Scotland in the Tudor period; 8 Elizabeth I and the Church of England; 9 Roman Catholics and foreign policy under Elizabeth I; 10 Government, Parliament, and the royal finances under Elizabeth I; 11 James I: Finance and religion; 12 James I: the law and Parliament; 13 Charles I: Parliament and religion; 14 Charles I: the breakdown of prerogative rule; 15 The Civil War; 16 Commonwealth and Protectorate; 17 Early Stuart England; 18 Charles II; 19 James II, The Glorious Revolution, and the reign of William III; 20 Queen Anne; 21 Ireland, Scotland and overseas possessions in the seventeenth century; 22 Late Stuart England; Guide to further reading; Appendices; Index

O autorze

Roger Lockyer previously taught at Royal Holloway, University of London. His publications include Elizabethan Parliaments 1559–1601 (1996) with Michael A. R. Graves and Buckingham: The Life and Political Career of George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham, 1592–1628 (1981).

Peter Gaunt is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Chester. His previous publications include The English Civil War, A Military History (2015), English Historical Documents, 1603–1660, edited with Barry Coward (2010), and Oliver Cromwell (2005).