Seventeenth Century - 1603-1688

Zusatztext A thoughtful conclusion ... Contributions from some of the most eminent scholars in the field. Informationen zum Autor Jenny Wormald is an Honorary Fellow in Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh. She was previously a Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Hilda's College. Her publications include Mary, Queen of Scots (Tauris Parke 2000), Court, Kirk and Community (Edinburgh University Press, 1991) and her volume on The Seventeenth Century in the Hutchinson History of Britain Series is forthcoming. Klappentext The ninth volume to be published in the "Short History Of The British Isles" series. Zusammenfassung The chapters in this volume, each written by a leading scholar of the period, analyse in turn the response to the Union of 1603, the religious controversies under the early Stuarts, the Civil War, Commonwealth, and Restoration periods, and the social and economic context within which these developments took place. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Keith M. Brown: Monarchy and the Government in Britain, 1603-1637 2: John McCafferty: The Churches and Peoples of the Three Kingdoms, 1603-1641 3: John Morrill: The Rule of Saints and Soldiers: The Wars of Religion in Britain and Ireland 1638-1660 4: Toby Barnard: Restoration or Initiation? 5: J. A. Sharpe: The Economic and Social Context 6: Clare McManus: 'What ish my Nation?': The Cultures of the Seventeenth-Century British Isles Conclusion Further Reading Chronology Maps Index

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• Authors: Jenny Wormald, Jenny (Honorary Fellow in Scottish Histor Wormald
• Assisted by: Jenny Wormald (Editor), Jenny (Honorary Fellow in Scottish History Wormald (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.05.2008
• EAN: 9780198731610
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873161-0
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: Short Oxford History of the British Isles; Short Oxford History of the Br; Short Oxford History of the Br; Short Oxford History of the British Isles
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