The Stuart Age: England, 1603-1714, 4th Edition

The Stuart Age, now in its fourth edition, provides a leading, definitive history of England's century of Civil War and Revolution.

List of maps, figures and genealogical tables

Acknowledgements

Preface to the fourth edition

Abbreviations and short titles

PART ONE: EARLY STUART ENGLAND, 1603–1640

Chapter 1: The economy of early Stuart England

Chapter 2: Society in early Stuart England

Chapter 3: The Elizabethan constitution

PART TWO: THE REIGNS OF THE EARLY STUARTS, 1603-1640

Chapter 4: The survival of the Elizabethan constitution, 1603-1621

Chapter 5: The breakdown of the Elizabethan constitution, 1621-1640

PART THREE: THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION, 1640-1660

Chapter 6: The making of the English Revolution, 1640-1649

Chapter 7: The search for a new settlement, 1649-1660

PART FOUR: THE REIGNS OF CHARLES II AND JAMES II, 1660-1688

Chapter 8: The failure of 'the Restoration Settlement', 1660-1667

Chapter 9: 'Catholic' or 'Cavalier' policies, 1668-1674

Chapter 10: Anti-Catholicism and exclusion, 1674-1681

Chapter 11: The trend towards absolutism, 1681-1688

PART FIVE: THE REIGNS OF WILLIAM III AND QUEEN ANNE 1689-1714

Chapter 12. The reign of William III, 1689-1702

Chapter 13: The reign of Queen Anne, 1702-1714

PART SIX: LATER STUART ENGLAND: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY

Chapter 14: Change

Chapter 15: Continuity: 1714 - the end of the Middle Ages?

Bibliographical note

Appendix: Timeline

Index