The second edition of this bestselling narrative history has been revised and expanded to reflect recent scholarship. The book traces the transformation of England during the Tudor-Stuart period, from feudal European state to a constitutional monarchy and the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth.

• Written by two leading scholars and experienced teachers of the subject, assuming no prior knowledge of British history
• Provides student aids such as maps, illustrations, genealogies, and glossary
• This edition reflects recent scholarship on Henry VIII and the Civil War
• Extends coverage of the Reformations, the Rump and Barebone's Parliament, Cromwellian settlement of Ireland, and the European, Scottish, and Irish contexts of the Restoration and Revolution of 1688-9
• Includes a new section on women’s roles and the historiography of women and gender
• Accompanied by Sources and Debates in English History, 1485-1714