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This book provides a thematic survey of English foreign policy in the sixteenth century, focusing on the influence of the concept of honour, security concerns, religious ideology and commercial interests on the making of policy.

Examining Scotland's position within the regal union of the 17th century, this book is an up-to-date narrative incorporating recent research, questioning the extent that Scottish political ideas were influenced by the new relationship with England, brought about by the union of the crowns in 1603.

The sudden demise of arguably the world's greatest empire in the years following the Second World War was a momentous event in global history.

For many people the late eighteenth century was a period of political corruption, with the political world waiting for the triumph of reform.

This work is intended to examine the main trends in Wales during the century following the Tudor settlement of Wales. The work makes ample use of contemporary sources to examine each aspect of the political, governmental and religious life of Wales.

Focusing upon the provinces as well as Dublin, Toby Barnard presents an abundance of unfamiliar evidence to reveal how Ireland came to be dominated by Protestants through military defeats. Protestant control of government laid the foundations for the subjection of Catholics after the mid-1640s.

It challenges many existing interpretations and argues that the basis of the Anglo-American special relationship was laid by Roosevelt and Chamberlain, that Roosevelt preferred Stalin to Churchill, and that the origins of the Cold War should be seen as a British education of the Americans to the Soviet threat.

Gladstone focuses on the public side of the statesman's life and on those aspects of his private life - such as his religious beliefs and family life - which most affected his career.

In its many and varied forms, the Radical Right has been a hyper-nationalist thorn in the side of Britain's liberal political system for over 100 years.

A thematic survey of the impact of crusading on Britain and Ireland, from the First Crusade to the end of the thirteenth century. Hurlock examines the relationship between high medieval British society and crusading, exploring key areas such as the political use of crusades, the papacy's choice of crusaders, and the role of the military orders.

Thoroughly revised and updated in light of the latest scholarship, the Second Edition of this established text features entirely new sections on:* the colonisation of towns* women and the Conquest* the impact of the Conquest on the peasantry.

What caused the 'strange death of Labour Britain'? By drawing together these themes, Dr Jeffreys provides a wide-ranging introductory study: the first historical overview of the Labour party to cover the whole period between the eras of Clement Attlee and John Smith.

The civil wars of the second half of the fifteenth century still stir the popular imagination and provoke much controversy and debate. The third edition of this classic introductory text has been revised and updated throughout in the light of recent research, and now features a separate new chapter on the character of the wars.

Synthesizing scholarship on eighteenth-century political, military, economic, social and cultural history, Anthony Page shows how Britain's war with France helped to shape the course of revolutions, and the first age of global imperialism.

Eric Grove provides the only up-to-date, single-authored, short history of the Royal Navy over the last two hundred years, synthesizing the new work on the subject that has radically transformed our understanding of the story of British naval development.

The first new biography of Oliver Cromwell in several years, this rounded account does equal justice to his public and private life, to his political career, his military abilities and his passionate religiosity.

This essential volume offers students a number of highly focused chapters on key themes in Restoration history. Each addresses a core question or issue and uses a variety of sources to illustrate and illuminate arguments. The authors provide clear introductions to different aspects of the reigns of Charles II and James VII/II.

This updated edition of an influential interpretation of Henry VIII's Reformation retains the analytical edge and lucidity of the original work. Richard Rex emphasizes the personal role of Henry VIII in driving the Reformation process, as well as the considerable reinforcement of Henry's power rendered by that process.

Gregory Claeys explores the reception of the French Revolution in Britain through the medium of its leading interpreters. Claeys argues that the major figures - Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and John Thelwall - collectively laid the foundations for political debate for the following century, and longer.

In this new, introductory and up-to-date text on British economic policy and performance from 1945 to the present day, Roger Middleton makes a balanced assessment of the questions that dominate both the historical and the contemporary political debate.

Taking into account recent scholarship and revisionist approaches, Paul R. Ziegler authoritatively reassesses the life of this well known British political figure, demonstrating that in facing new challenges Palmerston adjusted himself to the times and helped to usher Britain into the modern age.

This book explores the influence of late seventeenth-century Christianity in Locke's philosophical, political, and educational thought. This book incorporates the latest scholarship and reassesses the nature of Locke's most important writings in the light of his strong commitment to traditional Christian notions of morality and human purpose.

'...Undergraduate and sixth-form students will undoubtedly benefit from his lucid and critical commentary.' Martin Pugh, History.

This book explores the dimensions of political society and the major preoccupations of English politics between the later years of Edward I's reign and the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses.

Scottish Nationality examines Scotland's relationship with both England and the wider world in order to put Scotland in context within the new British history and the new Britain itself.

Six centuries separate the 'adventus Saxonum' from the battle of Hastings: during those long years, the English kings changed from warlords, who exacted submission by force, into law-givers to whom obedience was a moral duty. They also created England: the united kingdom of the English people.

Examines the principal themes in the developing relationship between the churches, the state and society between 1760 and 1850. The book looks at the involvement of the Church of England in politics, the development of a clerical profession, and the work of the bishops and clergy.

Drawing on much recent research, The Twentieth-Century Welfare State narrates its principal changes and provides a thematic historical introduction to issues of finance and funding, providers and users and the role of the welfare state as a system of social stratification.

This new book looks at British Politics in the 1760's and 1770's during the American Revolution. He also surveys the development of radicalism in Britain subsequent to the war and looks at constitutional developments during this period in Britain and America.

Students of early Stuart politics face a bewildering array of books and articles published in recent years. While this book is distinguished by its frank discussion of current scholarship, it is organised around a dramatic narrative of events intended to hold the interest of students and acquaint them with the basic events of Charles's reign.