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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... council is very plain . She nominated to her privy council in September 1561 the lead- ing Protestants of 1559-60 , and also retained the existing officers of state , led by the secretary , William Maitland of Lethington . Her council ...
... council.112 The king's relationship with his queen was also much improved after Buckingham's demise and in 1630 and ... council lay at the heart of Caroline government in the 1630s . In the years of non - parliamentary rule the ...
... council . Those who resided in London , and who did not procure a special dispensation from the attorney general , risked a summons before Star Chamber , where the privy council functioned as a law court . Through the council , Charles ...
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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 |