Restoration Politics, Religion and Culture - Britain and Ireland, 1660-1714

This indispensable introductory guide offers students a number of highly focused chapters on key themes in Restoration history. Each addresses a core question relating to the period 1660-1714, and uses artistic and literary sources - as well as more traditional texts of political history - to illustrate and illuminate arguments. George Southcombe and Grant Tapsell provide clear analyses of different aspects of the era whilst maintaining an overall coherence based on three central propositions:- 1660-1714 represents a political world fundamentally influenced by the civil wars and interregnum- The period can best be understood by linking together types of evidence too often separated in conventional accounts- The high politics of kings and their courts should be examined within broader social and geographical contextsFeaturing chapters on the exclusion crisis, Charles II and James VII/II, as well as the British dimension, restoration culture, and politics out-of-doors, this is essential reading for anyone studying this fascinating period in British history.>

Product details

• Authors: Georg Southcombe, George Southcombe, George Tapsell Southcombe, Grant Tapsell
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2009
• EAN: 9780230574441
• ISBN: 978-0-230-57444-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: British History in Perspective; British History in Perspective
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; B, History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Britain;history;revolution