The sixteenth century 1485-1603
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The sixteenth century 1485-1603
（The short Oxford history of the British Isles / general editor, Paul Langford）
Oxford University Press, c2002
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- : pbk
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: pbk ISBN 9780198207665
Description
This book surveys the transformation of the British Isles in the sixteenth century. At the start of the period, England was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensual. Yet its authority was not easily enforced beyond the more developed south-east and midlands and it was exercised indirectly in Wales and Ireland, while Scotland was an independent monarchy. In Europe, England was a significant trading partner, but its language unknown.
By the early seventeenth century, the London-based English government had developed and extended its effective authority over the north and Wales, Ireland was subjugated and colonised, the English and Scottish crowns united. The established churches of the British Isles had broken away from the Roman
Catholic Europe and were now national, royal, and protestant. With the English Bible and Shakespeare, English had reached the maturity of a potential world language, while the British peoples stood poised on the edge of a global expansion.
In this book, a team of leading scholars consider these important transformations in the English monarchical polity, ranging widely to consider relations between the various parts of the Isles throughout the sixteenth century. Chapters focus on political history and ideas of the state; the change in religion; Britain's overseas role; the economy and society; and the Renaissance in cultural life in this period. The book also includes a detailed chronology, maps, illustrations, and a guide to
further reading to provide a full and dynamic picture of this significant era in British history.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Economy and society
- The limits of power: the English crown and the British Isles
- The Change of Religion
- Monarchy and Counsel: Models of the State
- The Renaissance in Britain
- Britain, Europe, and the world
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- Chronology
- Glossary
- Maps
- Index
- Volume
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: hbk ISBN 9780198207672
Description
This volume explores the transformation of the British Isles in the sixteenth century. England was an effectively governed monarchy, but its authority was not easily enforced beyond the more developed south-east and midlands and it was exerised indirectly in Wales and Ireland, while Scotland was an independent monarchy. In Europe, England was significant trading partner, but its language unknown. By the early seventeenth century, the London-based English government
had extended its effective authority over the North and Wales, Ireland was subjugated and colonised, and the English and Scottish crowns united. The established churches of the British Isles had broken away from the Roman Catholic Europe and were now national, royal, and protestant. With the English
Bible and Shakespeare, English had reached the maturity of a potential world language, while the British peoples, now protestant, stood poised on the edge of global expansion.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Economy and society
- The limits of power: the English crown and the British Isles
- The Change of Religion
- Monarchy and Counsel: Models of the State
- The Renaissance in Britain
- Britain, Europe, and the world
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- Chronology
- Glossary
- Maps
- Index
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