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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... France . English kings indeed claimed to be kings of France and the territories they ruled there , principally the duchies of Normandy and Gascony , were held of their crown of France . The constitutional status of the English king's ...
... France , as well as conquest lordships in Ireland and Wales . The English monarchy had traditionally enjoyed good relations both with the kingdoms of the Iberian peninsula , which were important for the defence of English Gascony , and ...
... France was underpinned by relatively dense English settlement in parts of the region . Between 1435 and 1441 , moreover , the Lancastrian regime also came close to establishing a professional standing army for the defence of its French ...
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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 |