Originally published in 1952 but here reissuing the updated edition of 1978, this book has long been established as a classic and a central text for students of seventeenth-century English history. The book covers every aspect of English life from the arrival of James I in England to the death of Queen Anne. The chapters on political history are organized chronologically, interspersed with thematic chapters which analyse change and development in family and social life, literature and the arts, scientific and philosophical ideas and the growth of the first British Empire.
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England in the Seventeenth Century
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Original Title
- Original Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Prologue: The Road to England
- 2 The Classes and the Masses
- 3 Family Life
- 4 Climates of Opinion
- 5 The Reign of King James I, 1603–25
- 6 King Charles I and the ‘Eleven Years Tyranny’, 1625–40
- 7 The Great Civil War, 1640–49
- 8 Oliver Cromwell and the Interregnum, 1649–60
- 9 A Ferment of Ideas, 1640–60
- 10 King Charles II and the Wars against the Dutch, 1660–74
- 11 The Beginnings of Political Parties, 1674–85
- 12 The Age of Experiment, 1660–89
- 13 King James II and the Glorious Revolution, 1685–9
- 14 King William III and Queen Mary II, 1689–1702
- 15 Queen Anne and the War against France, 1702–13
- 16 The Peace of Utrecht and the Growth of the First British Empire
- 17 England Under Queen Anne; the Augustan Age
- 18 Epilogue: The Death of Queen Anne
- Bibliography: A Note on Further Reading
- Select Index
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