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Stuart Britain : a very short introduction / John Morrill.

by Morrill, J. S. (John Stephen)

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Oxford University Press, 2000, c1984.

Stuart, House of.

Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714.

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1603-1714.

Great Britain -- Kings and rulers.

Very short introductions ; 21.

99 p. : ill., map ; 18 cm.

Reprinted from: The Oxford illustrated history of Britain, 1984.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-90) and index.

"First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Morrill's Very Short Introduction to Stuart Britain sets the Revolution into its political, religious, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural contexts. It thus seeks to integrate what most other surveys pull apart. It gives a graphic account of the effects of a century-long period during which population was growing inexorably and faster than both the food supply and the employment market. It looks at the failed attempts of successive governments to make all those under their authority obedient members of a unified national church; it looks at how Charles I blundered into a civil war which then took on a terrifying momentum of its own. The result was his trial and execution, the abolition of the monarchy, the house of lords, the bishops, the prayer book and the celebration of Christmas. As a result everything else that people took for granted came up for challenge, and this book shows how painfully and with what difficulty order and obedience was restored. Vividly illustrated and full of startling detail, this is an ideal introduction to those interested in getting into the period, and also contains much to challenge and stimulate those who already feel at home in Stuart England."--From publisher.

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