Early modern England 1485-1714 : a narrative history / Robert Bucholz and Newton Key.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bucholz, R. O., 1958-

Contributor:

Key, Newton.

Series:

New York Academy of Sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England--Civilization.

England.

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

Great Britain.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (661 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The second edition of this bestselling narrative history has been revised and expanded to reflect recent scholarship. The book traces the transformation of England during the Tudor-Stuart period, from feudal European state to a constitutional monarchy and the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth. Written by two leading scholars and experienced teachers of the subject, assuming no prior knowledge of British history Provides student aids such as maps, illustrations, genealogies, and glossary This edition reflects recent scholarship on Henry VIII and the Civil War Extends

Contents:

England and its people, ca. 1485

Establishing the Henrician regime, 1485-1525

(Dis- )establishing the Henrician church, 1525-1536

Reformations and counter-reformations, 1536-1558

Elizabethan settlement and its challenges, 1558-1585

Elizabethan triumph and unsettlement, 1585-1603

Merrie olde England? : ca. 1603

Early Stuarts and the three kingdoms, 1603-1642

Civil war, revolution, and the search for stability, 1642-1660

Restoration and revolution, 1660-1689

War and politics, 1689-1714

Augustan polity, society, and culture, ca. 1714.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-427) and index.

ISBN:

1-118-69594-1

1-118-69725-1

OCLC:

839388930