The Emergence of A Nation State: The Commonwealth of England, 1529-1660

by Alan Gordon Rae Smith

This famous survey has been updated to incorporate the new perspectives of the last twelve years. The study opens with one Revolution, the Reformation, and closes with another - the Civil War of the mid-17th century and the abolition of the monarchy. Alan Smith explores the dramatic changes during this period when the country was forged into a "nation state." Its centrepiece however, remains the extraordinary achievements of the Elizabethan and Jacobean age, and these glories are given full treatment in this masterly account.

Genres: History, Politics, Nonfiction

496 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

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List of maps
Editor's foreword
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations

--The Emergence of a Nation State: The Commonwealth of England 1529-1660

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