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The Sixteenth Century Patrick Collinson (Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Cambridge)

The Sixteenth Century By Patrick Collinson (Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Cambridge)

Summary

This volume explores the transformation of the British Isles in the 16th century. England was a governed monarchy, but its authority was not enforced beyond the more developed South-East and Midlands and was exerised indirectly in Wales and Ireland, while Scotland was an independent monarchy.

The Sixteenth Century Summary

The Sixteenth Century: 1485-1603 by Patrick Collinson (Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Cambridge)

This book surveys the transformation of the British Isles in the sixteenth century. At the start of the period, England was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensual. Yet its authority was not easily enforced beyond the more developed south-east and midlands and it was exercised indirectly in Wales and Ireland, while Scotland was an independent monarchy. In Europe, England was a significant trading partner, but its language unknown. By the early seventeenth century, the London-based English government had developed and extended its effective authority over the north and Wales, Ireland was subjugated and colonised, the English and Scottish crowns united. The established churches of the British Isles had broken away from the Roman Catholic Europe and were now national, royal, and protestant. With the English Bible and Shakespeare, English had reached the maturity of a potential world language, while the British peoples stood poised on the edge of a global expansion. In this book, a team of leading scholars consider these important transformations in the English monarchical polity, ranging widely to consider relations between the various parts of the Isles throughout the sixteenth century. Chapters focus on political history and ideas of the state; the change in religion; Britain's overseas role; the economy and society; and the Renaissance in cultural life in this period. The book also includes a detailed chronology, maps, illustrations, and a guide to further reading to provide a full and dynamic picture of this significant era in British history.

The Sixteenth Century Reviews

A great deal of up-to-date, good writing in such small compass. Dr M. Zell, Lecturer in History, University of Greenwich
A very clear summary which provides an excellent overview and context for more detailed work. G. C. F. Forster, Senior Fellow in History, University of Leeds

About Patrick Collinson (Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Cambridge)

Patrick Collinson is Regius Professor of Modern History, Emeritus, in the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Trinity College. He prevously held chairs at the Universities of Sydney, Kent at Canterbury, and Sheffield. He is a fellow of the British Academy and of the Australian Academy of Humanities. He is the author of numerous books and articles on sixteenth-century Britain, including 'The Elizabethan Puritan Movement' (OUP, 1990) and 'Elizabethan Essays' (1994).

Table of Contents

Introduction ; Economy and society ; The limits of power: the English crown and the British Isles ; The Change of Religion ; Monarchy and Counsel: Models of the State ; The Renaissance in Britain ; Britain, Europe, and the world ; Conclusion ; Further Reading ; Chronology ; Glossary ; Maps ; Index

Additional information

GOR002400128
9780198207665
0198207662
The Sixteenth Century: 1485-1603 by Patrick Collinson (Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Cambridge)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
20011206
320
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