Devil-land : England under siege, 1588-1688
Jackson, Clare, 1972-2021
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This dazzling, original and hugely engaging book tells the story of a nation in a state of near continual crisis. To many foreigner observers, 17th-century England was 'Devil-Land': a country riven by political faction, religious difference, financial ruin and royal collapse. As an unmarried heretic with no heir, Elizabeth I was regarded with horror by Catholic Europe, while her Stuart successors, James I and VI of Scotland and Charles I, were seen as impecunious and incompetent, unable to manage their three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. The traumatic civil wars, regicide and a republican Commonwealth were followed by the floundering, foreign-leaning rule of Charles II and his brother, James II and VII of Scotland, before William of Orange invaded England with a Dutch army and a new order was imposed.
Main title:
Devil-land : England under siege, 1588-1688 / Clare Jackson.
Author:
Jackson, Clare, 1972-, author
Imprint:
uk : Allen Lane, 2021.
Collation:
xix, 682 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Illustrations on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241285817 (hbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2904346