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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... initially worth c . £ 40,000 per annum ( £ 20,000 annually from the 1540s , following the dissolution of the monas- teries ) , and in order to collect it the government assessed the value of every living in England and Wales ...
... initially , faced with this Catholic threat , the overwhelming majority of Protestants were prepared to follow the government's lead . There was a general expectation that , once the Catholic threat had been exorcised and the ...
... initially , faced with this Catholic threat , the overwhelming majority of Protestants were prepared to follow the government's lead . There was a general expectation that , once the Catholic threat had been exorcised and the ...
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