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A History of the English Monarchy

by Gareth Russell

First published 2014

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Gareth Russell traces the development of English monarchy from the resistance of Boudica to the reign of Elizabeth I. The book examines how royal authority emerged from Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Norman systems of rule, and how conquest, religious belief, inherited custom and political violence shaped what subjects expected from a king or queen. Legends are considered alongside the surviving evidence to show how rulers acquired reputations that often outlived their policies.

The narrative moves through the Norman settlement, the Angevin empire, medieval succession disputes, the Wars of the Roses and the consolidation of the Tudor dynasty. Attention is also given to England’s changing relationships with Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Henry VIII’s religious revolution and Elizabeth I’s management of a divided kingdom form the conclusion to a survey concerned not only with individual monarchs but with the institution they repeatedly remade.

Historical Periods

Boudican Revolt60–61 CE Anglo-Saxon Englandc. 476–1066 CE Norman Conquest of England1066–1071 CE Angevin Empire1154–1214 CE Wars of the Roses1455–1487 CE Early Tudor Consolidation1485–1509 CE Reign of Henry VIII1509–1547 CE Elizabethan Age1558–1603 CE

Genres

Court & Political Fiction

Historical people

Henry VIII1491–1547 Henry VII1457–1509 Elizabeth I1533–1603 Henry II of England1133–1189 Richard I of England1157–1199 William the Conqueror1028–1087 Boudica30–61

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