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The Channel Islands, 1370-1640 - Between England and Normandy (Hardcover, New)
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The Channel Islands, 1370-1640 - Between England and Normandy (Hardcover, New)
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Charts the history of Jersey and Guernsey, showing their crucial
importance for England in the period. This book surveys the history
of the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the late medieval and
early modern periods, focusing on political, social and religious
history. The islands' regular tangential appearance in histories
ofEngland and the British Isles has long suggested the need for a
more systematic account from the perspective of the islands
themselves. Jersey and Guernsey were at the forefront of attempts
by the English kings in the fourteenth and early fifteenth
centuries to maintain and extend their dominions in France. During
the Wars of the Roses and the early Tudor period, they were
frequently the refuge for claimants and plotters. Throughout the
Reformation, they were a leading centre of Presbyterianism. Later,
they were strategically important during the continental wars of
Elizabeth's reign. The book charts all these events in a
comprehensive way. In addition, it shows how the islands'
relationship with central power in England varied but never saw a
simple subjection to centralised uniform authority, how Jersey and
Guernsey maintained links with Normandy, Brittany and France more
widely, and how politics, religion, society and culture developed
in the islands themselves. Tim Thornton is Professor of History and
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) at the University of
Huddersfield, having been previously Dean of the School of Music,
Humanities and Media. He is the author of Cheshire and the Tudor
State and Prophecy, Politics and the People in Early Modern
England, both of which are published by Boydell & Brewer.
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