Tudor and Stuart Britain, 1471-1714

by Roger Lockyer

Book Overview

Tudor and Stuart Britain charts the political, religious, economic and social history of Britain from the start of Henry VII's reign in 1485 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714, providing students and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582353084
• ISBN13: 9780582353084
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A good overview of British History

Somehow I think that the previous review was written by a fellow classmate of mine, or my Professor. I would like to say that I throughly enjoyed the book as a text book for our class. I found the well organized chapters very effective and a wide varienty of information presented.

Quality survey of Tudor Stuart Britain

Lockyer presents a readable survey of Tudor Stuart England that is accessible for moderate to advanced students of this time period. The narrative flows and is interspersed with qualifiable analysis and interpretation. Lockyer demonstrates his generous command of the time period, while keeping his work relevant to the student and not the most advanced scholar. However, the book could benefit from better presentation, including charts, graphs, and pictures. Also, as is typical in British History survey books, organization of topics isolate Ireland and Scotland into their own chapters. While this maintains a good narrative flow, it does damage to chronology. But then this is an on-going problem in the field. Finally, Wales is rarely considered at all. Despite these detractions, however, Lockyer pulls together one of the better surveys of this fascinating time period.