England: Reformation to Revolution

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This course examines the changes in church, state, and society that took place in the British Isles from the reign of Henry VIII to the Glorious Revolution of 1688. These centuries saw the unification of England, Ireland, and Scotland under a single government, the development of that government from feudal kingship into Parliamentary-based bureaucracy, and the shattering of medieval Catholicism into a variety of different churches and doctrines. The course also examines the structure of Tudor-Stuart society and the cultural changes resulting from the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution.