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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... marriage question was far more pressing in the case of England , because the new English queen was already 37 and almost past child- bearing age . Yet Mary could at least choose her own consort , though she deferred to the Emperor . Her ...
... marriage and the succession . In the English parliament of 1559 , for instance , the House of Commons petitioned the queen to marry and produce an heir ; and Elizabeth also answered suc- ceeding parliaments in 1563 , 1566 and 1576 that ...
... marry- ing into the Habsburg or Valois royal families . She advised Mary to marry an English nobleman or a Protestant prince , finally making it clear in August 1563 that marriage against her advice would incur English enmity , and ...
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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 |