This book explores the impact of the wars of 1739-63 on Britain and Ireland. The period was
dominated by armed struggle between Britain and the Bourbon powers, particularly France …

Drawing on a large volume of research, this 1998 book considers sustained warfare as a
powerful agent of change which transformed a wide range of institutions, structures, and …

The Protestants of Ireland are a missing piece in the puzzle of the wars of the three
kingdoms of the 1640s. This book provides a rich narrative of the struggles and dilemmas of …

The entirety of the British Civil War has never been covered in a single volume--until now.
While it is usually seen as an English conflict, Royle paints the picture on a large canvas to …

The Civil Wars Experienced is an exciting new history of the civil wars, which recounts their
effects on the'common people'. This engaging survey throws new light onto a century of …

The years 1790 to 1830 saw Britain engage in an extensive period of war-waging and
empire-building which transformed its position as an imperial state, established its …

War's impact on two societies, England and France, in the late middle ages is fully explored
through the evidence and commentary presented here, showing how they reacted to the …

On 14 August 1598 an English force of around 4,000 fell into an Irish ambush outside
Armagh and suffered perhaps as high as 50 per cent casualties. The battle of the Yellow …

This is a comparative study of how the societies of late-medieval England and France
reacted to the long period of conflict between them commonly known as the Hundred Years …

How did the eighteenth-century British state's increasing orientation towards interstate
rivalry, war and empire affect the ways in which the central institutions of government …