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Major historical events in early modern British history include numerous wars, especially with France, along with the English Renaissance, the English Reformation and Scottish Reformation, the English Civil War, the Restoration of Charles II, the Glorious Revolution, the Treaty of Union, the Scottish Enlightenment and the formation and the ...
This strand of our one-year MSt or two-year MPhil in History is the equivalent of a free-standing Master’s in Early Modern History, 1500-1700. This exciting course introduces you to the latest developments in the study of British, European and World History between c. 1450 and 1800.
A time of rising population, natural disaster and subsistence crisis, the early modern period saw deepening poverty and deprivation, but also increasing commerce, consumption and upward mobility. The result was social polarisation.
This is a series of monographs and studies covering many aspects of the history of the British Isles between the late fifteenth century and the early eighteenth century. It includes the work of established scholars and pioneering work by a new generation of scholars.
Our spirited sense of early modern history finds expression in a dedicated culture of teaching and research: a range of challenging undergraduate courses, a rich and exciting master’s programme, an eclectic and imaginative menu of research seminars, and several collaborative research projects.
Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts. This course is intended to provide an up-to-date introduction to the development of English society between the late fifteenth and the early eighteenth centuries.
This introductory textbook provides a wide-ranging survey of the political, social, cultural and economic history of early modern Britain, charting the gradual integration of the four kingdoms, from the Wars of the Roses to the formation of 'Britain', and the aftermath of England's unions with Wales and Scotland.
