Overview :Gypsies, Egyptians, Romanies, and--more recently--Travellers. Who are these marginal and mysterious people who first arrived in England in e... Read More
Overview :This is the story of saltpeter, the vital but mysterious substance craved by governments from the Tudors to the Victorians as an 'inestimabl... Read More
Overview :Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a work of social history examining community relationships, law, and seafaring over the long early m... Read More
Overview :The story of the reign of Charles I -- told through the lives of his people. Prize-winning historian David Cressy mines the widest range of ... Read More
Overview :England on Edge deals with the collapse of the government of Charles I, the disintegration of the Church of England, and the accompanying cu... Read More
Overview :Religion and Society in Early Modern England is a thorough sourcebook covering interplay between religion, politics, society, and popular cu... Read More
Overview :Cressy examines how the orderly, Protestant, and hierarchical society of post-Reformation England coped with the cultural challenges posed b... Read More
Overview :From childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals, every stage in the lifecycle of Tudor and Stuart England was accom... Read More
Overview :Coming Over discusses the English migration to New England in the seventeenth century and shows the importance of English connections in the... Read More
Overview :Examines a selection of Charles I's people, exploring their aspirations and discontents, their engagement with kindred and colleagues, and c... Read More