English history / a survey, (by) Sir George Clark
1971, 1st edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #334654
ISBN: 0198223390
Physical description: xix, 567 p: maps; 21 cm. Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Elements -- Britain under the Romans -- The Anglo-Saxons -- The Anglo-Saxons and the Scandinavians -- The Norman Conquest -- Territory and institutions, 1066-1199 -- Consolidation in Britain and Ireland -- Three reigns, 1216-1327 -- Society and disruption, 1327-1399 -- Wars and lack of governance, 1399-1485 -- Tudor government, 1485-1588 -- King Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- Edward VI and Mary, 1547-1558 -- The Elizabethan settlement, 1558-1588 -- After the Armada, 1588-1603 -- The Jacobean peace, 1603-1618 -- Discord abroad and at home, 1618-1642 -- The Civil War and the Commonwealth, 1642-1652 -- The coming of constitutional monarchy, 1653-1701 -- Wars and politics, 1689-1763 -- Unstable equilibrium, 1763-1783 -- Nine years of peace and two French wars, 1784-1815 -- Recovery, 1815-1846 -- Victorian prosperity, 1846-1870 -- The great society, 1870-1902 -- From colonial war to European war, 1902-1914 -- The first German war -- Abortive reconstruction, 1919-1939 -- Total war, 1939-1945 -- Note on further study.
Subjects: Great Britain History. Great Britain.
Great Britain History To 1066. England. Genre:
History. Illustrated.
Price: €18.00