The Stuart Age
England, 1603–1714
Barry Coward author Peter Gaunt author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:14th Jan '27
£41.99
This title is due to be published on 14th January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£155.00(9781032432311)
The Stuart Age provides an accessible introduction to England’s century of civil war and revolution, including the strains upon and breakdown of the Elizabethan system of government in the early Stuart decades; the causes of the English civil war; the nature of the English Revolution; the aims and achievements of Oliver Cromwell; the continuation of religious passion in the politics of Restoration England; and the impact of the Glorious Revolution and its repercussions upon England and Britain.
The sixth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated by Peter Gaunt to reflect new work and changing trends in research on the Stuart age. It expands on key areas, including the early Stuart social and economic contexts; recent work on gender, printing and print culture and the public sphere; key military events and debates surrounding the English civil war, its causes, outcome and consequences; England’s colonies and colonial expansion, foreign policy and wars and engagement with Continental Europe. While focusing on England, it also provides strong coverage of developments in Scotland and Ireland, and it also explores the position of Wales and the Welsh.
The Stuart Age is a long-standing favourite of lecturers and students of early modern English and British history, and this new edition is essential reading for those interested in or studying the Stuart period.
Praise for 5th Edition
The Stuart Age enjoys a hard won reputation as one of the best introductions to the 'British Isles' during an era of civil war and revolution. This updated edition, containing much that is new, makes the volume still more indispensable to students and teachers alike.
Dr David Ceri Jones, Aberystwyth University, UK
The late Barry Coward’s The Stuart Age, 1603-1714 has long been regarded as the best single-volume introduction to the history of seventeenth-century England. This revised fifth edition elegantly updates Coward’s work for the post-Cameron generation. The book is prefaced with an excellent new introduction by Peter Gaunt, which surveys the dizzying quantity of new writing on the subject which has appeared since the fourth edition was published, in 2012, and incisively summarises the current state of the field. Gaunt’s deep knowledge of all aspects of seventeenth-century English life makes him the ideal scholar to refresh and rejuvenate Coward’s original text - and his work has ensured that, in its latest incarnation, The Stuart Age will continue to be required reading for all who teach and study this most fascinating of historical periods.
Mark Stoyle, University of Southampton, UK
ISBN: 9781032432328
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 453g
832 pages
6th edition