A History of Wales 1485-1660

by Hugh Thomas

Overview

The events of 1485-1660 were decisive in the development of modern Wales and, in the first of the four-volume Welsh History Text Books series, Hugh Thomas offers a scholarly, balanced, and informative discussion of this significant period. From the crowning of Henry Tudor as King of England in 1485 to the profoundly transformed religious, cultural, and economic conditions at the end of the years under survey, Wales and Welsh society would stride forward in a committed partnership within a greater Britain. A History of Wales 1485-1660 is a landmark work of Welsh history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780708324875
Publisher:	University of Wales Press
Publication date:	11/15/2012
Series:	Welsh History Text Books , #1
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Hugh Thomas was a principal lecturer at Barry College of Education until his retirement in 1980.
 

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction

1. The Background to 1485
2. Henry Tudor, Bosworth, and Wales
3. Order out of Chaos
4. The Union of England and Wales
5. The New Order
6. The Changes in Religion
7. The Religious Settlement Implemented and Defended
8. Economic Growth
9. The Social Order
10. The New Learning
11. Wales in the Early Seventeenth Century
12. Wales and the Civil War
13. Wales and the Commonwealth

Conclusion
Glossary of Terms
Index

Editorial Reviews

Few periods of Welsh history have attracted more attention in schools and colleges than that covered by Mr Hugh Thomas's book. The events of that period have certainly had a decisive influence upon the development of modern Wales, but students and pupils wishing to acquaint themselves with the background have for long felt the need of a comprehensive basic text-book. Mr Thomas has now met this need, and this volume ...provides a sound survey not only of the political and religious history of the period, but also of its cultural, social and economic aspects...” –Welsh History Review

Welsh History Review