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England's islands in a sea of troubles /

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"This book deals with the peculiarities, privileges, and anomalies of England's offshore communities, and their relationship to the central state from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Drawing on a wide range of manuscripts and printed sources, it shows how the Channel Islands, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cressy, David (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Islands > England.
Îles > Angleterre.
Great Britain.
Europe.
Naval.
Military.
Renaissance.
Islands
England
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Island insularities
  • Lundy: an island story
  • English islands in the Norman Sea
  • Island anomalies: the Isle of Man, Scilly, Wight, and Anglesey
  • Island economies: bounties of the land and sea
  • God's islands
  • Fortress islands
  • Refuge and resistance in times of troubles
  • Interregnum assets
  • Restoration responsibilities
  • Puritan martyrs in island prisons
  • Charles I on the 'Ile of Wait'
  • Island prisoners of the English Republic
  • The restoration prison archipelago
  • Islands in an island empire.