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King and Parliament (A.D. 1603-1714)

King and Parliament (A.D. 1603-1714)

by George Henry WAKELING (1859 - 1936)

This slim volume by the Oxford University lecturer, George Henry Wakeling, deals with the period in British history from the reign of King James I through the death of Queen Anne. The story begins with England, transformed by the Protestant Reformation and keen to confront Catholic Spain, but burdened by a monarch unequal to national ambitions. Wakeling portrays the subsequent battles for dominance between the contending Protestant sects and chronicles the struggle for sovereignty between the British Crown and the emerging power of Parliament. - Summary by Pamela Nagami


Ch. 1: Introduction

Ch. 10: Anne. 1702-1714

Ch. 2: The Reign of James I. 1603-1625

Ch. 3: The Reign of Charles I. to the Meeting of the Long Parliament. 1625-1640

Ch. 4: From the Meeting of the Long Parliament to the Commencement of the Civil War. Nov. 3, 1640-Aug. 22, 1642

Ch. 5: The Civil War to the King's Death. 1642-1649

Ch. 6: The Commonwealth. 1649-1660

Ch. 7: Charles II. 1660-1685

Ch. 8: James II. 1685-1689

Ch. 9: William III. 1689-1702