HISTORY
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Nicholas Vincent
A Brief History of Britain: 1066-1485
From the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Bosworth Field, Nicholas Vincent tells the story of how Britain was born
When William, Duke of Normandy, killed King Harold and seized the throne of England, England’s language, culture, politics and law were transformed Over the next four hundred years, under royal dynasties that looked principally to France for inspiration and ideas, an English identity was born, based in part upon struggle for control over the other parts of the British Isles (Scotland, Wales and Ireland), in part upon rivalry with the kings of France From these struggles emerged English law and an English Parliament, the English language, English humour and England’s first overseas empires
In this thrilling and accessible account, Nicholas Vincent not only tells the story of the rise and fall of dynasties, but investigates the lives and obsessions of a host of lesser men and women, from archbishops to peasants, and from soldiers to scholars, upon whose enterprise the social and intellectual foundations of Englishness now rest
This the first book in the four volume Brief History of Britain which brings together some of the leading historians to tell our nation’s story from the Norman Conquest of 1066 to the present-day Combining the latest research with accessible and entertaining story telling, it is the ideal introduction for students and general readers
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Ronald Hutton
A Brief History of Britain 1485-1660: The Tudor and Stuart Dynasties
From the death of Richard III on Bosworth Field in 1485 to the execution of Charles I, after the Civil Wars of 1642-48, England was transformed by two Dynasties Firstly the Tudors, who won the crown on the battlefield and changed both the nature of kingship but also the nation itself England became a Protestant nation and began to establishment itself as a trading power; facing down impossible odds it defeated its enemies on land and sea Yet after a century Elizabeth I died with no heir and the crown was passed to the Stuarts, who were keen to remould the kingdom in their own image Leading Historian, Ronald Hutton brilliantly recreates the political landscape over this early modern period and shows how the modern nation was forged in these anxious, transformative years Combining skilful pen portraits of the leading figures, culture, economics and accounts of everyday life, he reveals insights in this key era in our nation’s story This the second book in the four volume Brief History of Britain which brings together some of the leading historians to tell our nation’s story from the Norman Conquest of 1066 to the present-day Combining the latest research with accessible and entertaining story telling, it is the ideal introduction for students and general readers
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