Politics of the Principality: Wales, c.1603-42

by Lloyd Bowen

Overview

This study provides a wholly new perspective on Welsh politics in the troubled decades leading up to the Civil War. This is the first study for over half a century to examine politics in Wales during this period, and draws upon a wealth of new material in local and national archives.

The book examines the structures of early seventeenth century Welsh politics through episodes such as parliamentary elections and the impact of the Thirty Years' War in the Principality. It also offers a reappraisal of the controversial religious and financial innovations of Charles I in Wales and an innovative discussion of Welsh allegiance in the early stages of the Civil Wars. This study presents a new interpretation of provincial politics in early modern Britain and explores Wales's unique position within the seventeenth-century state.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780708319062
Publisher:	University of Wales Press
Publication date:	05/14/2007
Series:	University of Wales Press - Political Philosophy Now Ser. , #27
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Lloyd Bowen is a reader in early modern history at Cardiff University in Wales.