History Catalogue 2006.qxp - Blackwell Publishing

MT, anchy ClAneBoleyn, The dDeathofROBERT KEY,1485-1714 and: yModernEngl lEar, ROBERTKEY,HISTORY OF ENGLAND20NEW EDITION IN 2006England and its Rulers:106-1307 itsRulers:1066-1307Third EditionM.T. CLANCHYUniversity of LondonENGLAND AND ITS RULERS has established itself asthe most attractive and authoritative account ofEnglish history from 1066 to 1307. It brings thechronicle sources to life and makes originalassessments of the kings and political events.Examining a period in which England wasdominated by successive waves of foreignrulers, the book emphasizes how the NormanConquest was followed by the Angevin Empireand then by the Poitevin ministers and favoritesbrought in by King John and Henry III. The bookalso includes coverage of the reign of Edward I(1272-1307), which considers his wars in Walesand Scotland and reassesses his character andachievements. The identity of British culture isanalyzed in the light of these strong externalinfluences.The last edition of thiswidely-acclaimed bookfunctioned primarily as apolitical history ofEngland in the latermiddle ages. For thisthird edition Clanchyhas added three newchapters whichexamine the social and economichistory of the period. These are concerned withthe creation of wealth, the rise of the aristocracy,and with chronicling a British as opposed to anexclusively English history. Additions andamendments have been made to the existingchapters, and the bibliography and suggestionsfurther reading have been fully updated.SERIES: BLACKWELL CLASSIC HISTORIES OF ENGLAND336 PAGES1-4051-0649-2 HB / 1-4051-0650-6 PB / NOVEMBER 2006NEW IN PAPERBACKThe Life andDeath of AnneBoleyn‘The Most Happy’ERIC , IVESERIC IVESUniversity of Birmingham“A must for all lovers of TudorHistory.”ALISON WEIR, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE“Splendidly successful... Ives hasgone as far as anyone can... insolving the enigma of Boleyn in anarrative at once profoundlyresearched and lively.”ANTONIA FRASER, THE SUNDAY TIMES“Eric Ives, a scholar utterly athome in early Tudor politics, hasbeen writing about the Boleynsfor more than two decades. Hisbook represents a triumphantculmination of all that research,presented with clarity, wit andhuman sympathy.”DIARMAID MACCULLOCH, THE TELEGRAPH“The best full-length life of AnneBoleyn and a monument toinvestigative scholarship.”480 PAGES0-631-23479-9 HB 20041-4051-3463-1 PB JULY 2005DAVID STARKEYSee page 15 for England and theItalian RenaissanceSee page 16 for Taxation under theEarly Tudors1485-1714 ishHistory:nEnglEarly ModernEngland: 1485-1714A Narrative HistoryNEWTONROBERTBUCHOLZBUCHOLZ & NEWTON KEYLoyola University, Chicago; Eastern Illinois University,Charleston“Robert Bucholz and Newton Key havewritten Early Modern England: 1485-1714:A Narrative History to fill the need for anauthoritative, one volume textbook covering the Tudorand Stuart eras that is written especially for anAmerican audience. They have succeeded in theirgoal.”H-ALBIONEARLY MODERN ENGLAND: 1485-1714 is the first new surveyof the Tudor-Stuart period in a quarter century.2 Written by two leading scholars2 Assumes no prior knowledge of British history2 Text is broken up with maps, illustrations, andgenealogies2 Focuses on what political, religious, and constitutionaldevelopments meant to ordinary people2 Places the Tudor-Stuart period in the context of whathappened before and after.For more information visitwww.blackwellpublishing.com/earlymodernengland456 PAGES / 0-631-21392-9 HB / 0-631-21393-7 PB / 2003Sources and Debates inEnglish History: 1485-1714NEWTONBUCHOLZ,Edited by NEWTON KEY & ROBERT BUCHOLZEastern Illinois University, Charleston; Loyola University, Chicago“At last students and teachers of early modernEngland have a sourcebook of their own that iseverything they could have asked for.”MICHAEL B. YOUNG, ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITYDesigned to accompany EARLY MODERN ENGLAND: 1485-1714 (see above), this text brings together an impressivearray of documents from the Tudor-Stuart period ofEnglish history. The material is introduced and set incontext, and questions for debate and suggestions forfurther reading are included within each chapter.328 PAGES / 0-631-21390-2 HB / 0-631-21391-0 PB / 2003