The Condition of England, 1815-53
The Condition of England, 1815-53

Author: Michael Scott-Baumann

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 9780340965863

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The Access to History series is the most popular and trusted series for AS- and A-level history students. The new editions combine all the strengths of this well-loved series with a new design and features that allow all students access to the content and study skills needed to achieve exam success. This title is a new, amended version of Reforming Britain, 1815-50, now updated for the 2008 OCR AS specification. It focuses on the key political, social, and economic questions raised by industrialization in England and the ways in which governments responded to the increasing pressure for change. It begins by looking at the parliamentary reforms in this period, and then goes on to look at other areas of reform such as the Factory Acts up to 1853 and the reform of the Corn Laws. Throughout the book key dates, terms and issues are highlighted, and historical interpretations of key debates are outlined. Summary diagrams are included to consolidate knowledge and understanding of the period, and exam-style questions and tips written by examiners provide the opportunity to develop exam skills.

Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I
Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I

Author: Peter Ackroyd

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 125003759X

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Peter Ackroyd, one of Britain's most acclaimed writers, brings the age of the Tudors to vivid life in this monumental book in his The History of England series, charting the course of English history from Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome to the epic rule of Elizabeth I. Rich in detail and atmosphere, Peter Ackroyd's Tudors is the story of Henry VIII's relentless pursuit of both the perfect wife and the perfect heir; of how the brief reign of the teenage king, Edward VI, gave way to the violent reimposition of Catholicism and the stench of bonfires under "Bloody Mary." It tells, too, of the long reign of Elizabeth I, which, though marked by civil strife, plots against the queen and even an invasion force, finally brought stability. Above all, however, it is the story of the English Reformation and the making of the Anglican Church. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, England was still largely feudal and looked to Rome for direction; at its end, it was a country where good governance was the duty of the state, not the church, and where men and women began to look to themselves for answers rather than to those who ruled them.

The History of England from the Accession of James II
The History of England from the Accession of James II

Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay

Publisher: General Books

Published: 2012-01

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9781458919823

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: great lords, unable to gratify their tastes by plundering the French, were eager to plunder each other The realm to which they were now confined would not, in the phrase of Comines, the most judicious observer of that time, suffice for them all. Two aristocratical factions, headed by two branches of the royal family, engaged in a long and fierce struggle for supremacy. As the animosity of those factions did not really arise from the dispute about the succession, it lasted long after all ground of dispute about the succession was removed. The party of the Eed Eose survived the last prince who claimed the crown in right of Henry the Fourth. The party of the White Eose survived the marriage of Eichmond and Elizabeth. Left without chiefs who had any decent show of right, the adherents of Lancaster rallied round a line of bastards, and the adherents of York set up a succession of impostors. When, at length, many aspiring nobles had perished on the field of battle or by the hands of the executioner, when many illustrious houses had disappeared for ever from history, when those great families which remained had been exhausted and sobered by calamities, it was universally acknowledged that the claims of all the contending Plantagenets were united in the house of Tudor. Meanwhile a change was proceeding infinitely more Extinction of momentous than the acquisition or loss of Tiiimage. anv provincej than the rise or fall of any dynasty. Slavery and the evils by which slavery is everywhere accompanied were fast disappearing. It is remarkable that the two greatest and most salutary social revolutions which have taken place in England, that revolution which, in the thirteenth century, put an end to the tyranny of nation over nation, and that revolution which, a few generations later, put ...

Royal Historical Society Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History
Royal Historical Society Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History

Author: Gerald K. Helleiner

Publisher:

Published: 1991-10

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780198202943

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The Royal Historical Society's Annual Bibliography provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of books and articles on historical topics published in a single calendar year. It is divided into sections covering British and Irish history from Roman Britain to the present day, and is arranged alphabetically.

Henry VIII and the Government of England
Henry VIII and the Government of England

Author: Keith Randell

Publisher: Hodder Education

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9780340782163

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Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series. For over twenty years Access to History has been providing students with reliable, engaging and accessible content on a wide range of topics. Each title in the series provides comprehensive coverage of different history topics on current AS and A2 level history specifications, alongside exam-style practice questions and tips to help students achieve their best. The series: - Ensures students gain a good understanding of the AS and A2 level history topics through an engaging, in-depth and up-to-date narrative, presented in an accessible way. - Aids revision of the key A level history topics and themes through frequent summary diagrams - Gives support with assessment, both through the books providing exam-style questions and tips for AQA, Edexcel and OCR A level history specifications and through FREE model answers with supporting commentary at Access to History online (www.accesstohistory.co.uk) Henry VIII and the Government of England This title traces the theme of domestic politics throughout the period 1509-47. Major figures such as Henry himself, Thomas Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell are considered in detail, as well as the development in the political system that some historians have seen as taking place during this period.

A Social History of England, 1500-1750
A Social History of England, 1500-1750

Author: Keith Wrightson

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 9781108206150

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The rise of social history has had a transforming influence on the history of early modern England. It has broadened the historical agenda to include many previously little-studied, or wholly neglected, dimensions of the English past. It has also provided a fuller context for understanding more established themes in the political, religious, economic and intellectual histories of the period. This volume serves two main purposes. Firstly, it summarises, in an accessible way, the principal findings of forty years of research on English society in this period, providing a comprehensive overview of social and cultural change in an era vital to the development of English social identities. Second, the chapters, by leading experts, also stimulate fresh thinking by not only taking stock of current knowledge but also extending it, identifying problems, proposing fresh interpretations and pointing to unexplored possibilities. It will be essential reading for students, teachers and general readers.

History of England, from the Accession of James the Second (Volume 1, Chapter 1)
History of England, from the Accession of James the Second (Volume 1, Chapter 1)

Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay

Publisher: General Books

Published: 2009-08

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780217556088

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: things had been effected by a poor creature, a man of the most ordinary capacity, was an assertion which might easily find credence among the nonjuring parsons who congregated at Sam's Coffeehouse, but which moved the laughter of the veteran politicians of Versailles. While Middleton was in vain trying to convince the French that William was a greatly tmSamff" overrated man, William, who did full justice to Middleton's merit, felt much uneasiness at learning that the Court of Saint Germains had called in the help of so able a counsellor. But this was only one of a thousand causes of anxiety which during that spring pressed on the Bang's mind. He was preparing for the opening of the campaign, imploring his allies to be early in the field, rousing the sluggish, haggling with the greedy, making up quarrels, adjusting points of precedence. He had to prevail on the Imperial Cabinet to send timely succours into Piedmont. He had to keep a vigilant eye on those Northern potentates who were trying to form a third party in Europe. He had to act as tutor to the Elector of Bavaria in the Netherlands. He had to provide for the defence of Liege, a matter which the authorities of Liege coolly declared to be not at all their business, but the business of England and Holland. He had to prevent the House of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel from going to blows with the House of Brunswick Lunenburg: he had to accommodate a dispute between the Prince of Baden and the Elector of Saxony, each of whom wished to be at the head of an army on the Ehine; and he had to manage theLandgrave of Hesse, who omitted to furnish his own contingent, and yet wanted to command the contingents furnished by other princes. But of all the quarrels which at this time distracted the coalition the most serious was one which had sprun...