The Stuart Age : England 1603-1714 Book

	List of maps and genealogical tables
	Introductory note by the original series editor
	Acknowledgements
	Preface
	Preface to the second edition
	Abbreviations and short titles
Pt. 1	Early Stuart England, 1603-1640
1	The economy of early Stuart England	5
	The population and the economy	5
	Agriculture and inland trade	9
	Mining and manufacture	18
	Overseas trade and colonization	24
	Towns	29
2	Society in early Stuart England	36
	The 'history of society'	36
	Social groups and standards of living	43
	Intellectual developments and popular beliefs	66
3	The Elizabethan constitution	91
	The framework of government	91
	Stresses within the Elizabethan constitution	105
Pt. 2	The Reigns of the Early Stuarts, 1603-1640
4	The survival of the Elizabethan constitution, 1603-1621	119
	James I and the succession	119
	Peace with Spain and the settlement in Ireland	124
	Puritans and Catholics	127
	James's first parliament, 1604-10	133
	Rule without parliament, 1610-21	144
5	The breakdown of the Elizabethan constitution, 1621-1640	151
	1621-4: 'Court' versus 'country'?	152
	The prerogative 'extended ... beyond its just symmetry', 1625-9	158
	The personal rule, 1629-40	165
Pt. 3	The English Revolution, 1640-1660
6	The making of the English Revolution, 1640-1649	185
	The 'causes of the English Revolution'	185
	The constitutional crisis, November 1640-September 1641	189
	The crisis becomes a civil war, September 1641-July 1642	197
	The first civil war, 1642-6	204
	The search for a settlement: king, parliament, the army, and the Scots, 1645-9	224
7	The failure of revolution, 1649-1660	238
	The search for a 'godly reformation'	238
	The Rump Parliament, 1649-53	244
	Oliver Cromwell	253
	The Barebones Parliament, July-December 1653	259
	Cromwellian government, 1653-8	261
	The end of the Good Old Cause, 1658-60	275
Pt. 4	The Reigns of Charles II and James II, 1660-1688
8	The failure of 'the Restoration Settlement', 1660-1667	285
	The Convention Parliament, 1660: old wounds reopened and old problems unsolved	285
	The Cavalier Parliament and the restored monarchy, 1661-4	289
	The Cavalier Parliament and the restored Church, 1661-4	292
	The second Dutch war and the downfall of Clarendon, 1664-7	298
9	'Catholic' or 'Cavalier' policies, 1668-1674	304
10	Anti-Catholicism and exclusion, 1674-1681	314
	Anti-Catholicism	314
	Danby, 1674-8	317
	The Popish Plot	325
	The exclusion crisis, May 1679-March 1681	329
11	The trend towards absolutism, 1681-1688	333
	The strengthening of royal authority, 1681-5	333
	James II and protestant unity, February 1685-June 1688	336
	The intervention of William of Orange, 1688	342
Pt. 5	The Reigns of William III and Queen Anne, 1689-1714
12	The reign of William III, 1689-1702	351
	Politics in the reign of William III	351
	The Glorious Revolution, 1689-90	355
	A country at war, 1690-7	365
	Peace and politics: the collapse of the Junto, 1697-1701	383
	Party issues redefined, 1701-2	389
13	The reign of Queen Anne, 1702-1714	395
	Politics in the reign of Queen Anne	395
	The failure of the 'managers', 1702-8	400
	The failure of the Whigs and Tories, 1708-14	424
Pt. 6	Later Stuart England: Change and Continuity
14	Change	449
	War and constitutional changes	449
	Religious and intellectual changes	457
	Economic and social changes	469
15	Continuity: 1714 - the end of the Middle Ages?	493
	Bibliographical note	498
	Appendix: Timeline	512
	Index	541