| The English Contributor(s): Elton, Geoffrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631196064 ISBN-13: 9780631196068 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $55.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 942 |
| Series: Peoples of Europe |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.96" W x 8.95" (0.85 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A survey of the English experience through a thousand years and more, this book concentrates on the lasting characteristics of a people who early on discovered the fact of a national identity. The outstanding hallmarks of this experience were the existence of a strong central authority (in the monarchy), the provision of a system of law, and with these two the possibility of preserving individual rights and liberties in the face of a long sequence of historical vicissitudes. |