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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... Scottish army awaited him behind well - prepared trenchworks , but the English advantage in artillery and heavy cavalry proved decisive : 10,000 Scots were killed . Yet instead of mounting periodic invasions with armies royal , Somerset ...
... Scottish parliament consented to ' the crown matrimonial ' , that is , that Francis should be king of Scots in right of his wife . Overall , these arrangements provided some safeguards for the protection of Scottish law and custom , but ...
... Scots . English parliamentarians and Scottish Covenanters , however , disagreed fundamentally on how negotiations were to proceed . Charles was all too aware of the growing tensions between the allies and his surrender to the ...
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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 |