1st Edition
Conquest and Union Fashioning a British State 1485-1725
348 Pages
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Routledge
348 Pages
by
Routledge
348 Pages
by
Routledge
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The British Isles is a multi-national arena, but its history has traditionally been studied from a distinctively English -- often, indeed, London -- perspective. Now, however, the interweaving of the distinct but mutually-dependent histories of the four nations is at the heart of some of the liveliest historical research today. In this major contribution to that research, eleven leading scholars... Read more
List of Maps.
List of abbreviations.
Glossary.
Preface.
Introduction: the concept of British history.
1. The fashioning of Britain.
2. Tudor state formation and the shaping of the British Isles.
3. Comparable histories? Tudor reform in Wales and Ireland.
4. Anglo-Scottish protestant culture and integration in 16th century Britain.
5. The Anglian Church and the unity of Britain: the Welsh experience, 1560-1714.
6. The Gaelic reaction to the Reformation.
7. Gaelic culture in the 17th century: polarisation and assimilation.
8. Scotland and Ireland under the Commonwealth: a question of loyalty.
9. The origins of a British aristocracy: integration and its limitation before the treaty of Union.
10. Scotland and Ireland in the later Stewart monarchy.
11. Constitutional experiments and political expediency.
Conclusion: a state of Britishness?
List of abbreviations.
Glossary.
Preface.
Introduction: the concept of British history.
1. The fashioning of Britain.
2. Tudor state formation and the shaping of the British Isles.
3. Comparable histories? Tudor reform in Wales and Ireland.
4. Anglo-Scottish protestant culture and integration in 16th century Britain.
5. The Anglian Church and the unity of Britain: the Welsh experience, 1560-1714.
6. The Gaelic reaction to the Reformation.
7. Gaelic culture in the 17th century: polarisation and assimilation.
8. Scotland and Ireland under the Commonwealth: a question of loyalty.
9. The origins of a British aristocracy: integration and its limitation before the treaty of Union.
10. Scotland and Ireland in the later Stewart monarchy.
11. Constitutional experiments and political expediency.
Conclusion: a state of Britishness?
Biography
Steven G. Ellis, Sarah Barber
