The Oxford illustrated history of Tudor and Stuart Britain
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The Oxford illustrated history of Tudor and Stuart Britain
Oxford University Press, 2000, c1996
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"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 2000"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. [433]-442
Includes index
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Description
Two centuries of dramatic change are covered by this exciting and richly illustrated work. Eighteen leading scholars explore the political, social, religious, and cultural history of the period when monarchs based in south-east England imperfectly attempted to extend their authority over the whole of the British Isles. These centuries witnessed the Reformation, the civil wars, and two revolutions, in which two monarchs, two wives of a king, and two archbishops of Canterbury were tried and executed, and hundreds of men and women tortured and burned in the name of religion. Yet in the same period, an explosion of literacy and the printed word, transformations in landscapes and townscapes, new forms of wealth, new structures of power, and new forms of political participation freed minds and broadened horizons. These centuries marked the beginning of Britain's imperial power and its emergence as perhaps the most liberal and mature of European states. The integrated illustrations and maps form an essential part of the book, complementing all aspects of the text. It also contains a Chronology, Glossary, Family Trees of the monarchy, Further Reading, and an extensive Index.
Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- List of Colour Plates
- List of Maps
- Editor's Foreword
- :-
- 1. The Changing Landscape
- 2. The Consolidation of England, 1485-1603
- 3. The Tudor Borderlands, 1485-1603
- 4. Three Stuart Kingdoms, 1603-1689
- 5. Family, Household, and Community
- 6. An Educated Society
- 7. A Law-Abiding and Litigious Society
- 8. The Theatre and Society
- 9. The Aristocracy and their Mental World
- 10. The Commons and their Mental Worlds
- 11. Tudor Monarchy and Political Culture
- 12. Stuart Monarchy and Political Culture
- 13. The Reformation and the Creation of the Church of England, 1500-1640
- 14. The Search for Religious Liberty, 1640-1690
- 15. Politics in an Age of Reformation, 1485-1585
- 16. Politics in an Age of Peace and War, 1570-1630
- 17. Politics in an Age of Revolution, 1630-1690
- 18. England and the World under the Tudors, 1485-1603
- 19. Britain and the World under the Stuarts, 1603-1689
- Further Reading
- Glossary
- Chronology
- Maps
- Family Tree
- List of Picture Sources
- Index
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