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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... rebellion , the government was not even able to make an example of all the leading rebels because to have done so would have left the marches undefended and ungovernable . Altogether , about 75 executions followed the Kildare rebellion ...
... rebellion of 1549 ' in Southern History , i ( 1979 ) , pp . 99–122 ; Helen Spreight , ' Local government and the south - western rebellion of 1549 ' ibid . , xviii ( 1996 ) , pp . 1–23 ; Robert Whiting , The blind devotion of the people ...
... rebellions ' in English Historical Review , cxiv ( 1999 ) , pp . 34–63 . Fletcher and MacCulloch ( eds ) , Tudor rebel- lions , chs 6 , 10 and Wood , Riot , rebellion and popular politics , pp . 62–71 offer short up - to - date ...
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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 |