Monday 21 May 2012
The history of the Channel Islands from the late fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century is explored in a new book by historian Tim Thornton.
'The Channel Islands 1370-1640: between England and Normandy', surveys the history of the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the late medieval and early modern periods.
Professor Thornton's book looks at the role of the islands as a place of shelter during the Wars of the Roses; as a leading centre of Presbyterianism during the Reformation; and as strategically important assets during Elizabeth I's continental wars. It also considers the islands' changing relationship with England and their links with France, and how politics, religion, society and culture developed in the islands.
'The Channel Islands 1370-1640: between England and Normandy' is published by Boydell and Brewer and is available to order from:
http://www.boydellandbrewer.com/store/viewitem.asp?idproduct=13898
Tim Thornton is Professor of History and Pro Vice-chancellor at the University of Huddersfield. In 2004, in association with the Royal Court and the States of Guernsey, Prof. Thornton published a book presenting the Charters of Guernsey in their original and translated form, with commentaries.
For more information about the author, go to: http://www.hud.ac.uk/research/staff/profile/index.php?staffid=30.
