1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462708203321

Autore

Bucholz R. O. <1958->

Titolo

Early modern England 1485-1714 [[electronic resource] ] : a narrative history / / Robert Bucholz and Newton Key

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

1-118-69594-1

1-118-69725-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (661 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KeyNewton

Disciplina

942.05

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714

Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603

England Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-427) and index.

Nota di contenuto

England and its people, ca. 1485 -- Establishing the Henrician regime, 1485-1525 -- (Dis- )establishing the Henrician church, 1525-1536 -- Reformations and counter-reformations, 1536-1558 -- Elizabethan settlement and its challenges, 1558-1585 -- Elizabethan triumph and unsettlement, 1585-1603 -- Merrie olde England? : ca. 1603 -- Early Stuarts and the three kingdoms, 1603-1642 -- Civil war, revolution, and the search for stability, 1642-1660 -- Restoration and revolution, 1660-1689 -- War and politics, 1689-1714 -- Augustan polity, society, and culture, ca. 1714.

Sommario/riassunto

The second edition of this bestselling narrative history has been revised and expanded to reflect recent scholarship. The book traces the transformation of England during the Tudor-Stuart period, from feudal European state to a constitutional monarchy and the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth. Written by two leading scholars and experienced teachers of the subject, assuming no prior knowledge of British history Provides student aids such as maps, illustrations, genealogies, and glossary This edition reflects recent scholarship on Henry VIII and the Civil War Extends



2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00075716

Autore

FERGUSON, John

Titolo

An illustrated encyclopaedia of mysticism and the mistery religions / John Ferguson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Thames and Hudson, c1976

Descrizione fisica

228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

291.03

Soggetti

Religioni - Enciclopedie e dizionari

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia