Early Modern England: 1485-1714

A Narrative History
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-631-21393-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 246 mm

'Early Modern England 14851714' is the first new survey of the TudorStuart period in a quarter century. Written by two leading scholars and experienced teachers of the subject, it assumes no prior knowledge of English history. The text is broken up with reader aids including maps, illustrations, and genealogies.

The narrative shows how, under the Tudors and the Stuarts, England transformed itself from a feudal and relatively minor European state into a constitutional monarchy and the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth. The story of struggles over governmental and religious policies is enlivened by snapshots of how social and cultural changes affected ordinary English men and women. The authors also cover developments in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales that are relevant to English history.

An introduction sets the scene, providing students with an overview of the physical and mental geography of early modern England. Opening and closing chapters explain how the events covered in the book fit into the course of English history.

Zielgruppe

students of the history of early modern England, early modern Britain, the Tudor period or the Stuart period, general readers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bucholz, Robert

Key, Newton

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

List of Figures and Illustrations

List of Maps

Conventions and Abbreviations

Foreward

Introduction: England and its People, circa 1485

1. Establishing the Henrician State, 14851525

2. (Dis-)Establishing the Henrician Church, 15251536

3. Reformations and Counter-Reformations, 15361558

4. The Elizabethan Settlement and its Challenges, 15581585

5. The Elizabethan Triumph and Unsettlement, 15851603

6. Merrie Olde England?, circa 1603

7. The Early Stuarts and the Three Kingdoms, 16031642

8. Civil War, Revolution, and the Search for Stability, 1642-1660

9. Restoration and Revolution, 16601689

10. War and Politics, 16891714

Conclusion: Augustan Polity, Society, and Culture, circa 1714

Glossary

Select Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

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 16601837 (2 volumes, 19978). 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.
Loyola University, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston