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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... auld alliance ' was ratified in January 1515 and in May the duke of Albany returned from France as governor and protector . Thereafter , Albany showed great skill in maintaining his position , amidst the usual factional feuds which ...
... auld alliance ' more highly.46 Once in control , James was eagerly courted by the leading European princes for his marriage , being offered his niece , Catherine de Medici ; Mary of Hungary , Charles V's sister ; Danish and Portuguese ...
... auld alliance ' , and having secured Scottish independence , they had then immediately withdrawn . The ' auld enemy ' bent on imperial conquest had suddenly appeared in the guise of liberator . From 1560 , more- over , the two regimes ...
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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 |