Emergence of a Nation State

<p>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.</p> <p>PART ONE (CHAPTERS 1 - 11) AN AGE OF REVOLUTION: The Era Of The Reformation 1529-1558. <br>PART TWO (CHAPTERS 12 - 19) AN AGE OF CONSERVATISM: The Elizabethan Achievement <br>PART THREE (CHAPTERS 20 - 35) RENAISSANCE SOCIETY: Life, Mind and Culture Under the Tudors and Stuarts.<br>PART FOUR AN AGE OF TRANSITION: The Breakdown of the Elizabethan System 1585-1642.<br>PART FIVE (CHAPTERS 36 - 44) AN AGE OF REVOLUTION: Civil War and Interregnum 1642-1660.<br>Compendium of Information<br>A Monarchs and Heads of State 1529-1660.<br>B The Succession of the Throne.<br>C Chief Officers of State 1529-1660.<br>D Parliament.<br>E Constitutional Landmarks.<br>F The Church.<br>G Religious Landmarks.<br>H Tudor Treason Legislation.<br>I Good and Bad Harvests.<br>J The Population of England and Wales 1541-1661.<br>K The Course of Inflation 1400-1700.<br>L Wage Rates 1450-1650.<br>M Cloth and Textile Exports 1450-1640.<br>N Glossary. <br>Maps. <br>Bibliography. <br>Index.</p>