ABSTRACT

Here is an invaluable, user-friendly and compact compendium packed with facts and figures on the seventeenth century – one of the most tumultuous and complex periods in British history.

From James I to Queen Anne, this Companion includes detailed information on political, religious and cultural developments as well as military activity, foreign affairs and colonial expansion.

Chronologies, biographies, documents, maps and genealogies, and an extensive bibliography navigate the reader through this fascinating and formative epoch as the book details the key events and themes of the era including:

  • the English Civil War and its military campaigns
  • the Gunpowder Plot, Catholic persecution and the influence of Puritanism
  • imperial adventures in America, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean
  • Scotland and the Act of Union, 1707
  • the Irish Confederate wars and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
  • the Great Fire of 1666 and the rebuilding of London
  • biographies of key figures, including women, artists, architects, writers and scientists
  • the Restoration and the revival of drama.

With complete lists of offices of state, an extensive glossary of key constitutional, political and religious terminology, and up-to-date thematic annotated bibliographies to aid further research, this student-friendly reference guide is essential for all those interested in the Stuart Age.

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Part I Chronologies: domestic affairs

chapter |26 pages

Political events

chapter |11 pages

Religious change

chapter |13 pages

Military events in England

chapter |13 pages

Cultural developments

part |1 pages

Part II Chronologies: foreign and colonial affairs

chapter |12 pages

Foreign policy

chapter |31 pages

Relations with Scotland and Ireland

part |1 pages

Part III Major officers of state

chapter |1 pages

Keepers of the Privy Seal

chapter |1 pages

Masters of the Court of Wards

chapter |2 pages

Secretaries of State

chapter |1 pages

Chief Justices of the King’s Bench

chapter |1 pages

Attorney-Generals

chapter |1 pages

Solicitor-Generals

chapter |1 pages

Archbishops of Canterbury

chapter |1 pages

Archbishops of York

chapter |58 pages

Part V Biographies

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Part VI Bibliography

chapter |1 pages

Abbreviations

chapter |2 pages

General books on the period

chapter |7 pages

Biographies

chapter |17 pages

English political history

chapter |2 pages

Central and local government

chapter |1 pages

Foreign policy

chapter |5 pages

Military history

chapter |4 pages

The localities

chapter |3 pages

Economic history

chapter |5 pages

Social history

chapter |5 pages

Religion

chapter |7 pages

Scotland, Ireland and Wales

chapter |1 pages

Documents

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Part VII Table and maps