Stuart Britain
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: John Morrill.
Series: Very short introductions ;; 21
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
Subjects: Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714
Other titles: Oxford illustrated history of Britain.
Description: 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.--From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-90) and index.
Reprinted from: The Oxford illustrated history of Britain, 1984.