Britain and Ireland : a concise history /

"Britain and Ireland recounts the history of the two states--the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (Eire)--and four nations--the Irish, the Welsh, the Scottish, and the English--from prehistory to the present. Chapters are organised chronologically...

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Main Author: Kramer, Jürgen, 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Britons, Celts and Romans, c. 4000 BC-AD 410
  • Saxons, Danes and Normans, 410-1154
  • Late-medieval struggles : within the British Isles and on the Continent, 1154-1485
  • Renaissance, reconnaissance, reformation, revolution, 1485-1688/9
  • Towards internal stability and external expansion, 1689-1789
  • Political reforms, Industrial Revolution, imperial rule, 1789-1914
  • The twentieth century : devastation and decline, reconstruction and reorientation, 1914-1999
  • The twenty-first century : challenges and perspectives.