This thesis attempts to examine the relationship between central government and local
government during the reigns of Charles II and James II. Chapter I considers, in turn, the four …

In October 1326 the town of Bristol was the scene of several dramatic episodes in the chain
of events that would lead eventually to Edward II's deposition. Edward II fled from London …

This important book will become a definitive text on Scotland under James vii and during the
following Williamite revolution. It is particularly distinctive firstly in its extensive use of local …

The Troubles in Northern Ireland were traditionally explained away as the
'sectarian'outcome of an ancient religious conflict between two communities, Catholic and …

In the seventeenth century Bristol was the second city of England. It was the main west coast
port, an internationally important entrepot and rich trading centre. Industry flourished, too …

Journal of Medieval Military History XVII. Edited by John France, Kelly DeVries and Clifford
J. Rogers. Boydell & Brewer. 2019. x+ 283pp.£ 60.00. The latest, lengthy volume of the …

Returning to the debate about'localism'in relation to the English Civil War, so long after it has
apparently concluded, may seem a strange decision. That said, regional variation revealed …

Scotland Re-formed 1488–1587 constitutes volume six of the ten-volumed New Edinburgh
History of Scotland. This book looks at a very dynamic 100-year period of Scottish history …

Is all politics really local, as the saying would have it? Or can political conflicts at the national
or international level begin at the local level, with those local conflicts prefiguring their higher …

Why the Reformation failed in Ireland is a question to which historians have devoted a good
deal of attention over the past forty years. Various explanations have been advanced, some …