The seventeenth century
- ISBN: 9780198731610
- Editorial: Oxford University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2008
- Lugar de la edición: Oxford. Reino Unido
- Colección: Short Oxford History of the British Isles
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 291
- Idiomas: Inglés
The chapters in this volume, each written by a leading scholar of the period, analyse in turn the response to the Union of 1603, the religious controversies under the early Stuarts, the Civil War, Commonwealth, and Restoration periods, and the social and economic context within which these developments took place. The final chapter then looks at the vibrant cultural interaction between the kingdoms of the British Isles in the seventeenth century, which stands in sharp contrast to the political, religious, and social doubts and fears that permeated the period. Throughout, the book maintains a careful balance, focusing on the ways in which the various tensions within each individual kingdom came together, whilst at the same time looking beyond the confines of any one of the kingdoms and recognizing their interlinking 'British' impact.
Ed. Jenny Wormald
