The Century of Revolution
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Stimulating, vivid and provocative, Christopher Hill's graphic depiction of this turbulent era examines ordinary English men and women as well as kings and queens. schovat popis
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Deze uitgebreide serie leidt lezers door de cruciale momenten en tijdperken van de Engelse geschiedenis, van de vroegste aanvang tot de moderne tijd. Elk deel is nauwgezet samengesteld door vooraanstaande historici en biedt diepgaand inzicht in de politieke, sociale en culturele transformaties die de natie hebben gevormd. Het is een wetenschappelijke maar toegankelijke verkenning voor iedereen die gefascineerd is door de Britse geschiedenis.
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From Alfred to Henry III, 871 - 1272
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The 400 years covered by this volume saw two Danish invasions and the Norman Conquest of England. Each conquest carried with it extensive political and social changes. Alfred began the work of creating a unified kingdom out of the shambles of the smaller kingdoms that had fallen under Viking raids. The ninth and tenth centuries saw the settlement of the Danes and the eleventh the emergence of a strong monarchy under the Danish King Cnut. "With the English kingdom grew up the first semblance of national institutions," writes Professor Brooks--institutions of central and local government which made the English monarchy among the most mature in the Europe of its time.... These established institutions were not destroyed by the Normans; they adapted and developed them. Although England had had close ties with the continent before the Conquest, after 1066 English cultural and social life was greatly enriched through the French influence. During this time the Church was finding new inspiration in monastic and papal reform and a great intellectual revival culminated in the creation of universities. Professor Brooke describes all the cultural and political developments of these years and shows how the reign of Henry III ushered in a "great age of art and architecture" and a "new attitude to government," which began to work by consent of the governed.
The Century of Revolution, 1603-1714; 0
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The special aim of this series is to provide serious and yet challenging books, not buried under a mountain of detail. Each volume is intended to provide a picture and an appreciation of its age, as well as a lucid outline, written by an expert who is keen to make available and alive the findings of modern research.
From Castlereagh to Gladstone 1815-1885 is the seventh volume of the Norton Library History of England.