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The Making of the Modern English State, 1460-1660

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  1. Philip Edwards
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  • An uptodate introductory survey of a critical period of English history Covers the whole of the Tudor dynasty and the Stuarts and the Civil War all topics that are much studied at undergraduate and A Level Provides solid historiographical background to each major topic that will facilitate students' further study of the period

Part of the book series: British Studies Series (BRSS)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Prologue

    • Philip Edwards
    Pages 1-18

  3. The Wars of the Roses

    • Philip Edwards
    Pages 19-51

  4. The Restored Monarchy 1461–1509: Edward IV, Richard III and Henry VII

    • Philip Edwards
    Pages 52-96

  5. The Reign of Henry VIII, 1509–47

    • Philip Edwards
    Pages 97-139

  6. The Henrician Reformation

    • Philip Edwards
    Pages 140-170

  7. Mid-Tudor Turbulence, 1547–58: Edward VI and Mary I

    • Philip Edwards
    Pages 171-202

  8. The Reign of Elizabeth I, 1558–1603

    • Philip Edwards
    Pages 203-254

  9. The Coming of the Stuarts: James I, 1603–25

    • Philip Edwards
    Pages 255-283

  10. The Reign of Charles I to 1640

    • Philip Edwards
    Pages 284-308

  11. The Coming of War, 1640–2

    • Philip Edwards
    Pages 309-331

  12. The British Civil Wars, 1642–51

    • Philip Edwards
    Pages 332-371

  13. The English Republic

    • Philip Edwards
    Pages 372-392

  14. Epilogue: the Restoration and beyond

    • Philip Edwards
    Pages 393-401

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 402-439
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About this book

1460-1660 was a dramatic and crucially formative period in the emergence of the modern English state, language and identity. It encompassed the reigns of the last Plantagenets, the Tudors and the early Stuarts, as well as the victory of Parliament over the King in the Great Civil War and the amazing experiment of the Puritan Republic. The Making of the Modern English State traces the changes in politics and religion over the two hundred years that helped to form a new English identity. It is both an up-to-date narrative of the growth of the English state and an invaluable guide to recent historiography.

About the author

PHILIP EDWARDS is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Making of the Modern English State, 1460-1660

  • Authors: Philip Edwards

  • Series Title: British Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-333-99383-5

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2001

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 439

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland

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