A History of England Prehistory to 1714

The seventh edition of this two-volume narrative of English history draws on the most up-to-date primary and secondary research, encouraging students to interpret the full range of England’s social, economic, cultural, and political past from its first inhabitants to the 2020s.

A History of England, Volume 1: Prehistory to 1714 focuses on the key social, economic, cultural, environmental, intellectual, and political events and themes of English history up to the early eighteenth century. Topics include the Viking and Norman conquests of the eleventh century, the creation of the monarchy, the Reformation, and the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The text discusses events in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland as they affected developments in England. There is a new section dealing with the decline of belief in witchcraft.

This book is essential introductory reading for students of the history of England and Britain.

Douglas R. Bissonis professor of history at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. His previous publications include The Merchant Adventurers of England: The Company and the Crown, 1474-1564 (1993).