Includes bibliographical references (p. [531]-541) and index
The new monarchy -- King and Cardinal -- The break with Rome -- Henry VIII's government -- Edward VI and Mary I -- Tudor England -- Ireland and Scotland in the Tudor period -- Elizabeth I and the Church of England -- Roman Catholics and foreign policy under Elizabeth I -- Government, Parliament, and the royal finances under Elizabeth I -- James I: finance and religion -- James I: the law and Parliament -- Charles I: Parliament and religion -- Charles I: the breakdown of prerogative rule -- The Civil War -- Commonwealth and Protectorate -- Early Stuart England -- Charles II -- James II, the Glorious Revolution, and the reign of William III -- Queen Anne -- Ireland, Scotland, and overseas possessions in the seventeenth century -- Late Stuart England