Seventeenth Century Britain, 1603-1714
Author: John Stephen Morrill
Publisher: Folkestone, Eng. : Dawson ; Hamden, Conn. : Archon
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John Stephen Morrill
Publisher: Folkestone, Eng. : Dawson ; Hamden, Conn. : Archon
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Barry Coward
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 614
ISBN-13: 9780582772519
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Introduces the history of Stuart England. Suggested level: senior secondary.
Author: Mark Kishlansky
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 1997-08-28
Total Pages: 515
ISBN-13: 0140148272
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Monarchy Transformed is a vigorous, concise account of the political developments that changed an isolated archipelago in the corner of Europe into one of the greatest powers of the Western world.
Author: Barry Coward
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-02-16
Total Pages: 632
ISBN-13: 1351985426
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Stuart Age provides an accessible introduction to England's century of civil war and revolution, including the causes of the English Civil War; the nature of the English Revolution; the aims and achievements of Oliver Cromwell; the continuation of religious passion in the politics of Restoration England; and the impact of the Glorious Revolution on Britain. The fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated by Peter Gaunt to reflect new work and changing trends in research on the Stuart age. It expands on key areas including the early Stuart economic, religious and social context; key military events and debates surrounding the English Civil War; colonial expansion, foreign policy and overseas wars; and significant developments in Scotland and Ireland. A new opening chapter provides an important overview of current historiographical trends in Stuart history, introducing readers to key recent work on the topic. The Stuart Age is a long-standing favourite of lecturers and students of early modern British history, and this new edition is essential reading for those studying Stuart Britain.
Author: Mark Kishlansky
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 1997-12-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0140148272
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The seventeenth century, writes Mark Kishlansky, was “a wheel of transformation in perpetual motion,” a period of political and religious upheaval that defined the nation for decades to come and remains critical for understanding the nation today. Beginning with the accession of James I and concluding with the death of Queen Anne, this compelling account describes the tempestuous events that took place during the Stuart dynasty and provides lively pen portraits of the many fascinating personalities involved. Conspiracies, rebellions, and revolutions jostle side by side with court intrigues, political infighting and the rise of parties. In 1603 Britain was an isolated archipelago; by 1714 it had emerged among the intellectual, commercial, and military centers of the world. “Kishlansky’s century saw one king executed, another exiled, the House of Lords abolished, and the Church of England reconstructed along Presbyterian lines . . . A masterly narrative, shot through with the shrewdness that comes from profound scholarship.”—Jonathan Clark, Spectator “A historian with a real love for the period, a real understanding of many different aspects of it, and an exhilarating style.”—Ronald Hutton, The Times Literary Supplement “This sweeping, dramatic chronicle of a century of Stuart rule will rivet even the general reader with no particular interest in British history.”—Publishers Weekly
Author: Barry Coward
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 520
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Mary Frear Keeler
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 782
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Barry Coward
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 592
ISBN-13: 047099889X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covering the period from the accession of James I to the death of Queen Anne, this companion provides a magisterial overview of the ‘long' seventeenth century in British history. Comprises original contributions by leading scholars of the period Gives a magisterial overview of the ‘long' seventeenth century Provides a critical reference to historical debates about Stuart Britain Offers new insights into the major political, religious and economic changes that occurred during this period Includes bibliographical guidance for students and scholars
Author: Robert von Friedeburg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-08-17
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 1108248799
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This decisive contribution to the long-running debate about the dynamics of state formation and elite transformation in early modern Europe examines the new monarchies that emerged during the course of the 'long seventeenth century'. It argues that the players surviving the power struggles of this period were not 'states' in any modern sense, but primarily princely dynasties pursuing not only dynastic ambitions and princely prestige but the consequences of dynastic chance. At the same time, elites, far from insisting on confrontation with the government of princes for principled ideological reasons, had every reason to seek compromise and even advancement through new channels that the governing dynasty offered, if only they could profit from them. Monarchy Transformed ultimately challenges the inevitability of modern maps of Europe and shows how, instead of promoting state formation, the wars of the period witnessed the creation of several dynastic agglomerates and new kinds of aristocracy.
Author: Christopher Hill
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-06-20
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1134941684
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There is an immense range of books about the English Civil War, but one historian stands head and shoulders above all others for the quality of his work on the subject. In 1961 Christopher Hill first published what has come to be acknowledged as the best concise history of the period, Century of Revolution. Stimulating, vivid and provocative, his graphic depiction of the turbulent era examines ordinary English men and women as well as kings and queens.