Description
Book SynopsisA study of the evolution of an English sense of nationhood and of the distinctive characteristics of England and the English that gave it form and substance. Covering 12 centuries, this is a one-volume history of the English nation, from its origins to the present.
Trade Review"This book will surely be recognised as the best single-volume concise history of England - lively, authoritative, and yet personal and humane. Only Elton could have written it."
Michael Clanchy "This work is thoughtful, witty, and graceful in style, a marvel of compression ... Elton argues forcefully that the English formed, and were formed by, a unique reconciliation of individual freedom with monarchically supervised order. Like Joseph Strayer's on The Medieval Origins of the Modern State (1986), this splendid work is a brief distillation of a lifetime of thoughtful scholarship and deep reflection." Choice
"Anyone may enjoy this book." The Times
"A study that is both authoritative and individualistic, showing a full awareness but not a full acceptance of recent research." Teaching History
Table of ContentsList of Plates.
List of Figures.
Preface.
Abbreviations.
1. The Emergence of England.
2. Communitas Anglie.
3. The First English Empire.
4. From Cromwell to Cromwell.
5. The Long Eighteenth Century.
6. The Great Climacteric.
Further Reading.
Index.
