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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... lord of the Isles , who seized the castles of Inverness , Urquhart and Ruthven . In the ensuing struggle , the king canvassed the sup- port of the lesser nobility , creating three new earldoms and seven lords . The Black Douglas family ...
... Lord's feudal claim to the earldom of Ross through his mother ( inadmissible in Gaelic law ) was recognised by the crown ; and through this combination of a west - coast lordship with an east - coast earldom , the MacDonalds became the ...
... Lord Wharton , ennobled by Henry VIII . After Shrewsbury's death in 1560 , a succession of reliable outsiders held ... Lord Grey , then by the reliable southerner , the earl of Bedford , and finally by the queen's cousin , Lord Hunsdon ...
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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 |