THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO THE STUART AGE, 16031714
The Routledge Companion to the Stuart Age, 16031714 is an invaluable, user-friendly and compact compendium packed with facts and figures on the seventeenth century one of the most tumultuous and complex periods in British history. From the reign of James I to Queen Anne, this guide includes detailed information on political, religious and cultural developments, as well as military activity, foreign affairs and colonial expansion. Chronologies, biographies, key documents, maps and genealogies and an extensive bibliography navigate the reader through this fascinating and formative epoch.
The book details the key events and themes of the era, including:
the English Civil War and its military campaigns
the Gunpowder Plot, Catholic persecution and the influence of Puritanism
imperial adventures in America, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean
Scotland and the Act of Union, 1707
the Irish Confederate Wars and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
the Great Fire of London and the rebuilding of London
biographies of key figures, including women, artists, architects, writers and scientists
the Restoration and the revival of drama.
With complete lists of offices of state, an extensive glossary of key constitutional, political and religious terminology and up-to-date thematic annotated bibliographies to aid further research, this reference guide is essential for all those interested in the Stuart Age.
John Wroughton is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and was Headmaster of King Edward's School, Bath and a part-time lecturer at the University of Bath. He has written extensively on the seventeenth century and his publications include Stuart Bath: Life in the Forgotten City (2004), An Unhappy Civil War: The Experiences of Ordinary People in Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire (1999) and English Historical Facts, 16031688 (1980).
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THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO THE STUART AGE, 16031714
John Wroughton
First published 2006
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Wroughton, John.
The Routledge companion to the Stuart age, 16031714 / John Wroughton.
p. cm. (Routledge companions to history)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-37890-1 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-37893-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Great Britain History Stuarts, 16031714 Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Great Britain Civilization 17th century Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title: Companion to the Stuart age, 16031714. II. Title. III. Series.
DA375.W763 2005
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
This book is intended to be a particular Companion to two categories of readers. On the one hand, those who wish perhaps for the first time to gain a quick, but accurate summary of what happened in the Stuart Age will find the book much more convenient to use than a traditional textbook. The chronologies, for instance, give a clear overview of the development of political change, foreign policy, religious reform and cultural activity, while the biographies provide mini-portraits of all the leading figures. On the other hand, serious students of the period, researchers, teachers and writers, who are working on a particular topic, will find the book invaluable in checking up either on the most relevant books and articles to consult in their research or on specific details which have slipped their memory. It is worth pointing out that there is a degree of overlap between the sections. For instance, it is inevitable that the chronologies of domestic and military affairs will contain certain events in common. Readers are also encouraged to make frequent cross-references in order to build up a fuller understanding of what was taking place.
Needless to say, I have consulted a large number of books and other source material in the compilation of this volume. The following have been particularly valuable: E.B. Fryde, D.E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, eds, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd edn (1986); the new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, 2004); the original Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, 1975 edn); Edwin Riddell, ed., Lives of the Stuart Age, 16031714 (1976); C.P. Hill, Who's Who in Stuart Britain (1988); C. Parry and C. Hopkins, An Index of British Treaties, 11011968, 3 vols (1970); G.P. Gooch, Annals of Politics and Culture, 14921899 (1901); Godfrey Davies and Mary Freer Keeler, Bibliography of British History: Stuart Period, 16031714 (Oxford, 1970 edn); J.S. Morrill, Critical Bibliographies in Modern Europe: Seventeenth-Century Britain, 16031714 (Folkestone, 1980); J.E. Doherty and D.J. Hickey, A Chronology of Irish History since 1500
