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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... secure the new dynasty against internal and external enem- ies . His policies in the borderlands were essentially conservative , although his Welsh birth and descent were an advantage in his dealings with Wales . Indeed , while Wales ...
... secure the restoration of traditional Catholicism and full communion with Rome . However we interpret the evidence for Protestant activity in the mid - Tudor period ( altogether the names of c.3,000 suspected Protestants are known for ...
... secure , the majority Presbyterians sought to restore stability to England and confirm their hold on power . In waging the war parliament had resorted to fiscal and legal 45 Wheeler , ' Four armies in Ireland ' , in Ohlmeyer ( ed ...
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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 |