The Oxford History of Britain

The Oxford History of Britain tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British Isles, the dramatic narrative is taken up in turn by ten leading historians who offer the fruits of the best modern scholarship to the general reader in an authoritative form. A vivid, sometimes surprising picture emerges of a continuous turmoil of change in every period, and the wider social context of political and economic tension is made clear. But consensus, no less than conflict, is a part of the story: in focusing on elements of continuity down the centuries, the authors bring out that special awareness of identity which has been such a distinctive feature of British society. By relating both these factors in the British experience, and by exploring the many ways in which Britain has shaped and been shaped by contact with Europe and the wider world, this landmark work brings the reader face to face with the past, and the foundations of modern British society. The new edition brings the story into the twenty-first century, covering the changes to British society and culture during the Blair years and the invasion of Iraq and its aftermath.

ISBN 0199579253   Pages 838 ISBN13 9780199579259 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 615 Publisher Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxford University Press   Previous ISBN 9780192853493 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 196 Publication date 15 Apr 2010   Width (mm) 128 DEWEY 941   Spine width (mm) 50 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

		List of Maps
1		Roman Britain (c.55 BC-c. AD 440) by Peter Salway		1
2		The Anglo-Saxon Period (c.440-1066) by John Blair		60
3		The Early Middle Ages (1066-1290) by John Gillingham		120
4		The Later Middle Ages (1290-1485) by Ralph A. Griffiths		192
5		The Tudor Age (1485-1603) by John Guy		257
6		The Stuarts (1603-1688) by John Morrill		327
7		The Eighteenth Century (1688-1789) by Paul Langford		399
8		Revolution and the Rule of Law (1789-1851) by Christopher Harvie		470
9		The Liberal Age (1851-1914) by H. C. G. Matthew		518
10		The Twentieth Century (1914-2000) by Kenneth O. Morgan		582
		Epilogue (2000-2010) by Kenneth O. Morgan		677
		Further Reading		711
		Chronology		743
		Genealogies of Royal Lines		767
		Prime Ministers 1721-2010		773
		Index		775

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