Hi all,
A colleague of mine slightly out of field asked if I knew of a good general history of the Restoration (for present purposes, 1660-1700). I came up with very little. Blackwell has a series of books on England in the 1670s, England in 1690s, etc., but these are too specific, as are most books that I came up with in a search of our library catalogue. Does anyone know of a good general history that covers the major event in one volume? I think he’s looking more for a political history than a social history. There are usually mini-histories attached to drama anthologies, but those are too general. Thanks for any ideas!
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3 responses so far ↓
Dave Mazella // March 7, 2007 at 1:13 pm
For accessible, narrative-style histories of political events, try:
Mark Kishlansky, A Monarchy Transformed (Penguin, 1996)
J.R. Jones, Country and Court: England, 1658-1714 (Harvard, 197
W.A. Speck, Reluctant Revolutionaries: Englishmen and the Revolution of 1688 (Oxford, 1989)
Scriblerus // March 7, 2007 at 2:07 pm
I absolutely second the Kishlasnksy.
Sharlene Sayegh // March 7, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Might I recommend a survey text of all of Tudor-Stuart Britain? It has a solid section on the Restoration and as a survey focuses much attention on politics, with specific chapters on society and culture.
Newton Key and Robert Bucholz, _Early Modern England, 1485-1714_ from Blackwell.
I also agree with the Kishlansky recommendation as it provides the background to the Restoration–the accession of the Stuarts in the seventeenth century.
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