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England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles (Hardcover)
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England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles (Hardcover)
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England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles examines the jurisdictional
disputes and cultural complexities in England's relationship with
its island fringe from Tudor times to the eighteenth century, and
traces island privileges and anomalies to the present. It tells a
dramatic story of sieges and battles, pirates and shipwrecks,
prisoners and prophets, as kings and commoners negotiated the
political, military, religious, and administrative demands of the
early modern state. The Channel Islands, the Isle of Wight, the
Isles of Scilly, the Isle of Man, Lundy, Holy Island and others
emerge as important offshore outposts that long remained strange,
separate, and perversely independent. England's islands were
difficult to govern, and were prone to neglect, yet their strategic
value far outweighed their size. Though vulnerable to foreign
threats, their harbours and castles served as forward bases of
English power. In civil war they were divided and contested, fought
over and occupied. Jersey and the Isles of Scilly served as refuges
for royalists on the run. Charles I was held on the Isle of Wight.
External authority was sometimes light of touch, as English
governments used the islands as fortresses, commercial assets, and
political prisons. London was often puzzled by the linguistic
differences, tangled histories, and special claims of island
communities. Though increasingly integrated within the realm, the
islands maintained challenging peculiarities and distinctive
characteristics. Drawing on a wide range of sources, and the
insights of maritime, military, and legal scholarship, this is an
original contribution to social, cultural, and constitutional
history.
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