Emergence of a Nation State

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.