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A History of the Modern British Isles, 1529-1603
The Two Kingdoms
Mark Nicholls (Author)
9780631193333, Wiley
Hardback, published 28 November 1998
414 pages
25.5 x 18 x 2.8 cm, 0.907 kg
"Dr Nicholls has proved to be a resourceful choice ... he delivers an accurate, sensitive and engaging account, never allowing the reader to be lost in the quagmires of scholarly debate." History "The book is fluently written and well produced." English Historical Review "An impressive achievement ... well written: lucid, concise and stylistically unpretentious." Irish Historical Studies
This volume examines the development of two sovereign nations over seventy-four momentous years.
List of Plates. Acknowledgements. A Note on Conventions. Introduction. 1. Sixteenth-century England. 2. Divorce, Schism and Statute: England 1529-36. 3. Pilgrimage, Dissolution and Reform: England 1536-40. 4. The Last Years of Henry VIII: England 1540-47. 5. Pre-Reformation Scotland, 1528-57. 6. The Reformation and the Reign of Queen Mary: Scotland 1557-67. 7. Protector Somerset: England 1547-49. 8. The Dudley Supremacy and the Reign of Jane Grey: England 1549-53. 9. Queen Mary's Regime: England 1553-58. 10. The Third Kingdom: Ireland, and Beyond, 1529-60. 11. The Elizabethan Settlement: England 1558-63. 12. Unelizabethan England: England 1560-72. 13. The Elizabethan State: England in the 1570s and Beyond. 14. England's Empire: Ireland, and Beyond, 1560-1603. 15. The Loss of Peace: England 1580-89. 16. A Nation at War: England in the 1590s. 17. The Jacobean Minority: Scotland 1568-85. 18. The Personal Rule of James VI: Scotland 1585-1603. 19. The Elizabethan Dusk: England 1599-1603. Further Reading. Chronology. Index.
Subject Areas: History [HB]
