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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... land had been divided into comparatively small manors ( baronies in Scotland ) , which usually corresponded ecclesiastically with the parish . Among the manorial tenants who worked the common fields , there were many gradations ...
... land or intersections between areas of different land cap- ability.20 Unlike the Pale's truncated northern and southern frontiers , however , no major mountain range enclosed its long meandering western marches . The Dublin ...
... land for those who would loan or ' adventure ' money to help re - establish the government's authority . Thus 600 Protestant ' Adventurers ' were granted vast amounts of land and a further 12,000 English soldiers received Irish land as ...
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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 |