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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... Ulster heightened fears concerning the Pale's defence . They also seemed to threaten a new Geraldine League surrounding the earl of Kildare who was disappointed of the governorship . The new - found amity with Edinburgh had prompted the ...
... Ulster was in open rebellion . [ 273 ] For nearly a decade royal authority in the province had come increasingly to rely on the talent , influence and loyalty of Tyrone ; but these years also saw the earl struggle both to establish his ...
... Ulster and underestimated the depth of the animosity and resentment which many Ulster Catholics felt for their socially and economically superior Protestant neighbours . Widespread unemployment arising from an economic downturn in 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 |