Dominion - England and Its Island Neighbours, 1500-1707

Informationen zum Autor Derek Hirst is William Eliot Smith Professor of History, Washington University, St Louis, and the author of a number of books on the history of early modern English history and literature, including England in Conflict (1999) and, as co-editor, The Cambridge Companion to Andrew Marvell (2010). Klappentext A rich narrative history of England's increasing dominance over the territories that became known as the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the reign of Henry VII through to the Act of Union of 1707. Zusammenfassung A rich narrative history of England's increasing dominance over the territories that became known as the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the reign of Henry VII through to the Act of Union of 1707. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Searching for meaning: Empire and the rat Part II: England's archipelagic history c.1500-1707 Prologue 1: The old order changes 1500-1540 2: Titles in question 1540-1551 3: State formations 1551-1568 4: Causes of the Lord 1568-1585 5: Endgames 1585-1603 6: A greater Britain 1603-1618? 7: Conforming kingdoms 1618-1637 8: Conflicted kingdoms 1637-1646 9: Revolution and conquest 1646-1660 10: Restoring crown and church 1660-1686 11: A British Isles 1687-1707 Part III: Bibliographic essay Index

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• Authors: Derek Hirst, Derek (William Eliot Smith Professor of History Hirst, Hirst Derek
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2012
• EAN: 9780199535361
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953536-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Oxford Histories; Oxford Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards