The Making of the British Isles: The State of Britain and Ireland, 1450-1660The history of the British Isles is the story of four peoples linked together by a process of state building that was as much about far-sighted planning and vision as coincidence, accident and failure. It is a history of revolts and reversal, familial bonds and enmity, the study of which does much to explain the underlying tension between the nations of modern day Britain. The Making of the British Islesrecounts the development of the nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland from the time of the Anglo-French dual monarchy under Henry VI through the Wars of the Roses, the Reformation crisis, the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, the Anglo-Scottish dynastic union, the British multiple monarchy and the Cromwellian Republic, ending with the acts of British Union and the Restoration of the Monarchy.
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... Charles accepted Wentworth's offer and summoned him to England where he joined Charles's closest advisors sitting on a war council.12 When in 1640 Wentworth returned to Ireland as lord lieutenant and earl of Strafford he appeared at the ...
... Charles , they argued , who had betrayed them and it was Charles who again plunged them into war . As the army officers faced into renewed hostilities in April 1648 they gathered at a prayer meeting . There they concluded ' that it was ...
... Charles I , marched his army south from Scotland and occupied London in February 1660. Monck had rejected the military rule of his colleagues and feared the influence of religious radicals within the army . Before leaving Scotland , he ...
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The Making of the British Isles: The State of Britain and Ireland, 1450-1660 Steven G. Ellis No preview available - 2007 |