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A Political History of Tudor and Stuart England draws together a fascinating selection of sources to illuminate this turbulent era of English history. From the bloody overthrow of Richard III in 1485, to the creation of a worldwide imperial state under Queen Anne, these sources illustrate England's difficult transition from the medieval to the modern. Covering a period characterised by conflict and division, this wide-ranging single-volume collection presents the accounts of Yorkists and Lancastrians, Protestants and Catholics, and Roundheads and Cavaliers side by side. A Political History of Tudor and Stuart England provides a crucial opportunity for students to examine the institutions and events that moulded English history in the early modern era at first-hand.
A Political History of Tudor and Stuart England draws together a fascinating selection of sources to illuminate this turbulent era of English history. From the bloody overthrow of Richard III in 1485, to the creation of a worldwide imperial state under Queen Anne, these sources illustrate England's difficult transition from the medieval to the modern. Covering a period characterised by conflict and division, this wide-ranging single-volume collection presents the accounts of Yorkists and Lancastrians, Protestants and Catholics, and Roundheads and Cavaliers side by side. A Political History of Tudor and Stuart England provides a crucial opportunity for students to examine the institutions and events that moulded English history in the early modern era at first-hand.
The extraordinary story of the Popish Plot and how it shaped the
political and religious future of Britain "Stater tells a complex
and convoluted story with absolute clarity. . . . As a work of
historical scholarship, Hoax is terrific."-Robert G. Ingram,
National Review "[Stater's] accounts have the compulsively
fascinating quality of a true-crime podcast."-Jeffrey Collins, Wall
Street Journal In 1678, a handful of perjurers claimed that the
Catholics of England planned to assassinate the king. Men like the
"Reverend Doctor" Titus Oates and "Captain" William Bedloe parlayed
their fantastical tales of Irish ruffians, medical poisoners, and
silver bullets into public adulation and government pensions. Their
political allies used the fabricated plot as a tool to undermine
the ministry of Thomas Lord Danby and replace him themselves. The
result was the trial and execution of over a dozen innocent
Catholics, and the imprisonment of many more, some of whom died in
custody. Victor Stater examines the Popish Plot in full, arguing
that it had a profound and lasting significance on British
politics. He shows how Charles II emerged from the crisis with
credit, moderating the tempers of the time, and how, as the
catalyst for the later attempt to deny James II his throne through
parliamentary action, it led to the birth of two-party politics in
England.
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