A Brief History of Britain 1485-1660 by Professor Ronald Hutton - ISBN: 9781845297046
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Tudor and Stuart kings forge a modern nation in transformative times.

A Brief History of Britain 1485-1660

The Tudor and Stuart Dynasties

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    352 pages

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    23 June 2011

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‘For anyone researching the subject, this is the book you’ve been waiting for.’ Washington Post

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.

First, the Tudors, who had won the crown on the battlefield, changed both the nature of kingship and the nation itself. England became Protestant and …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781845297046
ISBN-10:1845297040
Author:Professor Ronald Hutton, Ronald Hutton
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Robinson Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:23 June 2011
Weight:277g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 30mm
Series:Brief Histories
About The Author

Professor Ronald Hutton

Professor Ronald Hutton graduated from first Cambridge then Oxford, where he held a fellowship at Magdalen College, before moving to the University of Bristol. He is a leading authority on the history of the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as well as on ancient and medieval paganism and magic, and on the global context of witchcraft beliefs. He is the author of the definitive The Pagans: A History as well as The Rise and Fall of Merry England, The Restoration and a biography of Charles II.

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