The making of the British Isles : the state of Britain and Ireland, 1450-1660
Recounts the development of the nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland from the time of Anglo-French dual monarchy under Henry VI through the Wars of the Roses, Reformation crisis, reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, British multiple monarchy and Cromwellian Republic, ending with the acts of British Union and Restoration of Monarchy.
xx, 411 p. : geneal. table, maps ; 24 cm.
9780582040038, 0582040035
954167692
ContentsSeries editor's preface (2001)PrefaceIntroduction: the making of British historyAcknowledgementsThe Royal Houses of England, Scotland and Great BritainMapsCHAPTER 1: Geography, society and government: the structures of power CHAPTER 2: Politics, war and diplomacy, 1450-1502 CHAPTER 3: The revival of crown government CHAPTER 4: Machines built for the battlefield: Renaissance monarchy, 1502-60 CHAPTER 5: The Reformation crisis: the origins of a Protestant state CHAPTER 6: The Reformation crisis: reform in the parishes CHAPTER 7: State intervention and the problems of society CHAPTER 8: The emergence of a British state system, 1560-1584 CHAPTER 9: The testing-time of the Protestant state system, 1584-1603 CHAPTER 10: British multiple monarchy, 1603-37 CHAPTER 11: The destruction and restoration of multiple monarchy, 1637-60 Conclusion BibliographyIndex