King and Parliament (A.D. 1603-1714)
Gelesen von Pamela Nagami
George Henry Wakeling
(4,625 Sterne; 4 Bewertungen)
This slim volume by the Oxford University lecturer, George Henry Wakeling, deals with the period in British history from the reign of King James I through the death of Queen Anne. The story begins with England, transformed by the Protestant Reformation and keen to confront Catholic Spain, but burdened by a monarch unequal to national ambitions. Wakeling portrays the subsequent battles for dominance between the contending Protestant sects and chronicles the struggle for sovereignty between the British Crown and the emerging power of Parliament. - Summary by Pamela Nagami (4 hr 44 min)
Chapters
Ch. 3: The Reign of Charles I. to the Meeting of the Long Parliament. 1625-1640
26:16
Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4: From the Meeting of the Long Parliament to the Commencement of the Civil…
19:26
Read by Pamela Nagami
Bewertungen
An Almost Forgotten Part of History
TwinkieToes
(4 Sterne)
Thank you for recording this! One hears a lot about Henry VIII, Mary, and Elizabeth I, but very little about the succeeding reigns and how religion and changing political beliefs (divine right of kings vs. the will of the governed) changed the English monarchy. Very interesting stuff! Reader is very good. It's history, not a rip-roaring drama, and is read with that in mind. But she's not dry and monotone, either. :)