The period of 14601660 was one of the most dramatic and crucially formative inthe emergence of the modern English state language and selfconsciousness.Beginning... » 

The period of 14601660 was one of the most dramatic and crucially formative inthe emergence of the modern English state language and selfconsciousness.Beginning with the Wars of the Roses and ending with the Civil Wars andRepublic this book argues for a creative unity in this 200year period andprovides both an uptodate narrative of the growth of the English state and ahistoriographical background to each major issue that will facilitate furtherstudy of the period. «