Portraits & Documents: The Seventeenth Century 1603-1714
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: May have markings. Usual shelf-wear.
A defining era of revolution, civil war, and constitutional transformation, the seventeenth century in Britain stands as one of the most turbulent and consequential periods in the nation's history. This primary source collection presents an authoritative panorama of the age — from the accession of James I in 1603 through to the close of the Stuart dynasty in 1714 — drawing together portraits, contemporary documents, and key texts that place the reader directly inside the era's great upheavals. Part of the respected Portraits & Documents educational series, the volume illustrates the period's defining forces: the struggle between Crown and Parliament, the English Civil War, the Interregnum, the Restoration, and the Glorious Revolution. The editorial approach trusts the primary sources to speak for themselves, offering students and history enthusiasts an unmediated encounter with the voices and faces of the seventeenth century — a world that forged the foundations of modern British democracy.
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Format: Paperback
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: May have markings. Usual shelf-wear.
A defining era of revolution, civil war, and constitutional transformation, the seventeenth century in Britain stands as one of the most turbulent and consequential periods in the nation's history. This primary source collection presents an authoritative panorama of the age — from the accession of James I in 1603 through to the close of the Stuart dynasty in 1714 — drawing together portraits, contemporary documents, and key texts that place the reader directly inside the era's great upheavals. Part of the respected Portraits & Documents educational series, the volume illustrates the period's defining forces: the struggle between Crown and Parliament, the English Civil War, the Interregnum, the Restoration, and the Glorious Revolution. The editorial approach trusts the primary sources to speak for themselves, offering students and history enthusiasts an unmediated encounter with the voices and faces of the seventeenth century — a world that forged the foundations of modern British democracy.