Read more
4th edition.
List of contents
List of maps, figures and genealogical tables Acknowledgements Preface to the fourth edition Abbreviations and short titles PART ONE: EARLY STUART ENGLAND, 1603 1640 Chapter 1: The economy of early Stuart England Chapter 2: Society in early Stuart England Chapter 3: The Elizabethan constitution PART TWO: THE REIGNS OF THE EARLY STUARTS, 1603-1640 Chapter 4: The survival of the Elizabethan constitution, 1603-1621 Chapter 5: The breakdown of the Elizabethan constitution, 1621-1640 PART THREE: THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION, 1640-1660 Chapter 6: The making of the English Revolution, 1640-1649 Chapter 7: The search for a new settlement, 1649-1660 PART FOUR: THE REIGNS OF CHARLES II AND JAMES II, 1660-1688 Chapter 8: The failure of 'the Restoration Settlement', 1660-1667 Chapter 9: 'Catholic' or 'Cavalier' policies, 1668-1674 Chapter 10: Anti-Catholicism and exclusion, 1674-1681 Chapter 11: The trend towards absolutism, 1681-1688 PART FIVE: THE REIGNS OF WILLIAM III AND QUEEN ANNE 1689-1714 Chapter 12. The reign of William III, 1689-1702 Chapter 13: The reign of Queen Anne, 1702-1714 PART SIX: LATER STUART ENGLAND: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY Chapter 14: Change Chapter 15: Continuity: 1714 - the end of the Middle Ages? Bibliographical note Appendix: Timeline Index
About the author
Barry Coward is an Emeritus Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. His other publications include Oliver Cromwell (Longman, 1991) and his most recent books are The Cromwellian Protectorate (Manchester UP, 2002) and A Companion to Stuart Britain (Blackwell, 2003).
