The second edition of this bestselling narrative history has been revised and expanded to reflect recent scholarship. The book traces the transformation of England during the Tudor-Stuart period, from feudal European state to a constitutional monarchy and the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth. Written by two leading scholars and experienced teachers of the subject, assuming no prior knowledge of British history Provides student aids such as maps, illustrations, genealogies, and glossary This edition reflects recent scholarship on Henry VIII and the Civil War Extends coverage of the Reformations, the Rump and Barebone's Parliament, Cromwellian settlement of Ireland, and the European, Scottish, and Irish contexts of the Restoration and Revolution of 1688-9 Includes a new section on women’s roles and the historiography of women and gender Click here for more discussion and debate on the authors’ blogspot:earlymodernengland.blogspot.com/   [Wiley disclaims all responsibility and liability for the content of any third-party websites that can be linked to from this website. Users assume sole responsibility for accessing third-party websites and the use of any content appearing on such websites.  Any views expressed in such websites are the views of the authors of the content appearing on those websites and not the views of Wiley or its affiliates, nor do they in any way represent an endorsement by Wiley or its affiliates.] 

The second edition of this bestselling narrative history has been revised and expanded to reflect recent scholarship. The book traces the transformation of England during the Tudor-Stuart period, from feudal European state to a constitutional monarchy and the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth.* Written by two leading scholars and experienced teachers of the subject, assuming no prior knowledge of British history
* Provides student aids such as maps, illustrations, genealogies, and glossary
* This edition reflects recent scholarship on Henry VIII and the Civil War
* Extends coverage of the Reformations, the Rump and Barebone's Parliament, Cromwellian settlement of Ireland, and the European, Scottish, and Irish contexts of the Restoration and Revolution of 1688-9
* Includes a new section on women's roles and the historiography of women and gender

Click here for more discussion and debate on the authors' blogspot:
earlymodernengland.blogspot.com/



[Wiley disclaims all responsibility and liability for the content of any third-party websites that can be linked to from this website. Users assume sole responsibility for accessing third-party websites and the use of any content appearing on such websites. Any views expressed in such websites are the views of the authors of the content appearing on those websites and not the views of Wiley or its affiliates, nor do they in any way represent an endorsement by Wiley or its affiliates.]

List of Plates.

List of Maps.

Preface to the Second Edition.

Preface to the First Edition.

Acknowledgments.

Conventions and Abbreviations.

Introduction: England and its People, ca. 1485.

1. Establishing the Henrician Regime, 1485-1525.

2. (Dis-)Establishing the Henrician Church, 1525-1536.

3. Reformations and Counter-Reformations, 1536-1558.

4. The Elizabethan Settlement and its Challenges,1558-1585.

5. The Elizabethan Triumph and Unsettlement,1585-1603.

6. Merrie Olde England?, ca. 1603.

7. The Early Stuarts and the Three Kingdoms,1603-1642.

8. Civil War, Revolution, and the Search for Stability,1642-1660.

9. Restoration and Revolution, 1660-1689.

10. War and Politics, 1689-1714.

Conclusion: Augustan Polity, Society, and Culture, ca.1714.

Notes.

Glossary.

Select Bibliography.

Appendix: Genealogies.

1. The Yorkists and Lancastrians.

2. The Tudors and Stuarts.

3. The Stuarts and Hanoverians.

Index.