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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... political unification of the British Isles was complete . For the first time , the same monarch ruled England , Scotland and Ireland . In this way , the political framework emerging in the British Isles in 1603 was not unlike the ...
... political factions which had emerged following Salisbury's death . After 1619 , however , factional division gave way to the domination of king and court by one man . Villiers was not the first handsome young courtier to capture James's ...
... political order . Rather the majority of the Gaelic community remained as disadvantaged under - tenants whose numer- ical superiority and close links with Catholic Europe fuelled Protestant fears of rebellion . The rapid increase in ...
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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 |