England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles

This book examines England's relationship with its island fringe from the Tudor times to the eighteenth century. It tells the dramatic story of sieges and battles, pirates and shipwrecks, and kings and commoners negotiating the political, military, and administrative demands of the early modern state.

Insulele Angliei intr-o mare de probleme examineaza disputele jurisdictionale si complexitatile culturale din relatia Angliei cu marginea insulei sale din timpurile Tudor pana in secolul al XVIII-lea si urmareste privilegiile si anomaliile insulare pana in prezent. Povesteste o poveste dramatica de asedii si batalii, pirati si naufragii, prizonieri si profeti, in timp ce regii si oamenii de rand negociau cererile politice, militare, religioase si administrative ale statului modern timpuriu.