State formation in early modern England, c. 1550-1700 - Braddick, M. J., (Michael J.) (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and conventions; General introduction; PART I State formation in early modern England; PART II The patriarchal state; PART III The fiscal-military state; PART IV The confessional state; PART V The dynastic state; Conclusion: actions without design, patterns without blueprints; Index
On the basis of a wide-ranging synthesis of work in diverse fields of English, British and colonial history, this book makes a novel argument about the modernisation of the seventeenth-century English state. It also focuses on the role of class and gender interests in the state's development