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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... Mary , [ 229 eventually netting SC £ 32,000 a year by 1565 ; and since her jointure as dowager queen of France also realised SC £ 30,000 , Mary's financial position was unusually sound for a Stewart monarch . Moreover , for the first ...
... Mary's intimate associations with a French poet and an English captain were undermining her prestige even in ... Mary as her heir marked the failure of this unwelcome suggestion . Instead , Mary took up another , apparently light ...
... Mary , the Norfolk marriage scheme , and rebellion In England , Elizabeth faced a major dilemma about what to do with Mary . Mary herself naively expected that her good cousin Elizabeth would assist in the recovery of her throne , and ...
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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 |