Screen LibraryStuart Britain : a very short introduction /
The Great Fire, the Black Death, flip-flopping religious persecution, the overthrow and reinstatement of the monarchy. The Stuart Britain era, a notch on the timeline spanning roughly 1603-1714, is one of the most interesting times in the history of Britain. John Morrill's Stuart Britain: A Ver...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: |
2000. ©1984 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Very short introductions ;
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| Summary: |
The Great Fire, the Black Death, flip-flopping religious persecution, the overthrow and reinstatement of the monarchy. The Stuart Britain era, a notch on the timeline spanning roughly 1603-1714, is one of the most interesting times in the history of Britain. John Morrill's Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction brings us the major events, characters, and issues of the day. Special attention is given to the defeat King Charles I by the Parliamentary Army, and the successive waves of authoritarian Puritan, Protestant and Catholic rule which followed. |
| Item Description: |
Reprinted from: The Oxford illustrated history of Britain, 1984. Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 99 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780192854001 (paperback) : 0192854003 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | DA375 |
| CLC: | K561.33 |
| Call Number: | K561.33/M874 |
| Contents: | Society and economic life -- Government and law -- The Early Stuarts -- The Civil wars -- Commonwealth and protectorate -- Restoration monarchy -- Intellectual and religious life. |