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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... marches had declined sharply after 1283 , since they no longer had to be defended from independent Welsh princes beyond . The marches of Wales had now become a closed frontier , a closely defined geographical area , separate both from ...
... marches ' . Medieval English settlement had [ 15 ] focused on the arable Lowlands , especially the eastern coastal plain of the English Pale and the Barrow - Nore - Suir river valleys in the south . In these regions , the native Irish ...
... marches from his modest territorial base around Morpeth . For major cam- paigns the king sent north a lieutenant with command of an army royal , but otherwise Dacre was expected to defend the marches with minimal assist- ance . He ...
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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 |