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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... monarchy , and the British multiple monarchy was a typical product of the dynastic marriages between Europe's ruling houses . The later medieval English monarchy , however , was much more the product of a dif- ferent process of ...
... monarchy . Despite the successive minor- ities of the 1406-69 period , the Scottish monarchy had remained com- paratively stable by European standards . In part , of course , this reflected its weakness in an impoverished and remote ...
... monarchy The regicide made it impossible for the Rump Parliament to draw back from the revolution which it had set in motion . A return to monarchical rule was unthinkable , but there existed no preconceived structure of government to ...
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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 |