Early Modern England 1485 - 1714 : A Narrative History

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Pub. Date: 2003-09-19
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Early Modern England is the first new survey of the Tudor-Stuart period in a quarter century. Written by two leading scholars. Assumes no prior knowledge of British history. Text is broken up with maps, illustrations, and genealogies; includes glossary. Focuses on what political, religious, and constitutional developments meant to ordinary people. Covers relevant events in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Places the Tudor-Stuart period in the context of what happened before and after. Accompanied by the student sourcebook Sources and Debates in English History, 1485-1714 - see http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/0631213910 For more information visit http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/earlymodernengland/

Author Biography

Robert Bucholz is Associate Professor of History at Loyola University of Chicago. He is the author of The Augustan Court: Queen Anne and the Decline of Court Culture (1993) and, with Sir John Sainty, Officials of the Royal Household 1660–1837 (2 volumes, 1997–8). He has written articles on Queen Anne and the court.Newton Key is Professor of History at Eastern Illinois University. He has written articles on preaching, on feasting, on charity, and on local politicking in Stuart England and Wales.

Table of Contents

List of Plates vii
List of Maps ix
Preface x
Acknowledgments xiii
Conventions and Abbreviations xiv
Introduction: England and its People, ca. 1485 1(30)
1 Establishing the Henrician Regime, 1485-1525 31(32)
2 (Dis-)Establishing the Henrician Church, 1525-1536 63(25)
3 Reformations and Counter-Reformations, 1536-1558 88(24)
4 The Elizabethan Settlement and its Challenges, 1558-1585 112(21)
5 The Elizabethan Triumph and Unsettlement, 1585-1603 133(19)
6 Merrie Olde England?, ca. 1603 152(49)
7 The Early Stuarts and the Three Kingdoms, 1603-1642 201(37)
8 Civil War, Revolution, and the Search for Stability, 1642-1660 238(27)
9 Restoration and Revolution, 1660-1689 265(37)
10 War and Politics, 1689-1714 302(38)
Conclusion: Augustan Polity, Society, and Culture, ca. 1714 340(37)
Notes 377(13)
Glossary 390(9)
Select Bibliography 399(12)
Appendix: Genealogies 411(4)
1 The Yorkists and Lancastrians
412(1)
2 The Tudors and Stuarts
413(1)
3 The Stuarts and Hanoverians
414(1)
Index 415

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