The Pelican History of EnglandPenguin Books, 1985 - Great Britain |
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... historians . It was an ideal appar- atus on which to hang a narrative of events , and without it Samuel Rawson Gardiner , for instance , could never have produced his unrivalled month - by - month , almost day- by - day account of the ...
... historians . It was an ideal appar- atus on which to hang a narrative of events , and without it Samuel Rawson Gardiner , for instance , could never have produced his unrivalled month - by - month , almost day- by - day account of the ...
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... historians are much less inclined to view Parliament and all its works with the awestruck veneration of their fathers and grandfathers , and there is much less disposition to stamp its actions and achievements with automatic approval ...
... historians are much less inclined to view Parliament and all its works with the awestruck veneration of their fathers and grandfathers , and there is much less disposition to stamp its actions and achievements with automatic approval ...
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... historians turned their attention to the county communities in the period before and during the Great rebellion notably in Cheshire , Kent and East Anglia . They found there a general indifference to national issues and a preoccupation ...
... historians turned their attention to the county communities in the period before and during the Great rebellion notably in Cheshire , Kent and East Anglia . They found there a general indifference to national issues and a preoccupation ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Introduction I I | 11 |
James I and Peace 160318 | 57 |
Copyright | |
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