Part of the Penguin English History series, England in the Seventeenth Century takes us from the reign of James I starting in 1603 up until the end of Anne’s in 1714 and takes a look at each of the monarchs in their turn as well as some broader looks at different aspects of society during their reigns. Rattling through each monarch gives us the greatest hits of the events of each of their reigns, as well as all of the political manoeuvring undertaken as each […]
A perfunctory trot through the 17th century
England in the Seventeenth Century by Maurice Ashley