Death and disorder : a history of early modern England, 1485-1690 / Ken MacMillan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacMillan, Ken, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Stuarts, 1603-1714.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 269 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Summary:

"In Death and Disorder, award-winning teacher Ken MacMillan introduces readers to the tumultuous world of England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. During this period, numerous kings and queens were killed, their advisors assassinated, treasonous nobles beheaded, religious heretics burned at the stake, and common criminals--among them murderers, thieves, and witches--executed by hanging. Combined with devastating plagues, a high rate of infant mortality, violence on the battlefield, and attempts to conquer New World Indigenous peoples, these events caused a "crisis of mortality" that became an overarching theme of the period. Early modern England was a society obsessed with order, and it was often through death and disorder that order was restored and change occurred. In three distinct sections of the book--"The Tudors," "The Stuarts," and "Empire and Society"--MacMillan argues that both despite and because of the prevalence of death and disorder in early modern England, these two centuries saw critical historical developments. Each chapter opens and closes with vignettes that highlight important themes, and the book also includes a timeline, two dozen images, engaging discussion questions for each chapter, and a list of further resources."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. One The Tudors, 1485

1603

One. Establishing the Tudor Dynasty, 1485

1509

Death and Disorder: The Battle of Bosworth Field

Voices of the Past: The Execution of Perkin Warbeck

Two. Henry VIII and Reform, 1509

1547

Death and Disorder: The Evil May Day Riot

Voices of the Past: The Execution of Anne Askew

Three. Protestants and Catholics, 1547

1558

Death and Disorder: The Prayer Book Rebellion

Voices of the Past: The Burning of the Oxford Martyrs

Four. Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen, 1558

Death and Disorder: The London Plague of 1603

Voices of the Past: The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

pt. Two The Stuarts, 1603

1690

Five. Early Stuart Absolutism, 1603

1642

Death and Disorder: The Gunpowder Plot

Voices of the Past: The Assassination of the Duke of Buckingham

Six. War and Interregnum, 1642

1660

Death and Disorder: The Battle of Edgehill

Voices of the Past: The Execution of Charles I

Seven. Restoration and Revolution, 1660

Death and Disorder: The Bloody Assizes

Voices of the Past: The Jesuit's Firing Plot

pt. Three Empire and Society

Eight. Exploration, Trade, and Empire

Death and Disorder: The Murder of Pemisapan

Voices of the Past: The Jamestown Massacre

Nine. Order, Authority, and Obedience

Death and Disorder: The Murder of Thomas Arden

Voices of the Past: The Life and Death of Margaret Fernseed

Ten. Elite and Common Culture

Death and Disorder: The Sutton Witches

Voices of the Past: The Wealthy Yeoman and the Tragical Midwife

Eleven. From Cradle to Grave: The Stages of Life

Death and Disorder: Monstrous Births and Murderous Mothers

Voices of the Post: The Penitent Death of Thomas Savage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: MacMillan, Ken. Death and disorder.

ISBN:

9781487588496

1487588496

9781487588489

1487588488

OCLC:

1144493971

Publisher Number:

99989754321