“A fine political survey which shows due sensitivity to cultural, religious, and social contexts, as well as to the multi-ethnic character of Britain and Ireland throughout the period. Written for students by a sure-handed teacher of British History.”

— John Cramsie, Union College

“It is an invaluable text for British history courses.”

— Susan E. Brown, University of Prince Edward Island

THE PEOPLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
A New History

Volume I: .From Prehistoric Times to 1688

Third Edition

Stanford E. Lehmberg, University of Minnesota
Samantha Meigs, University of Indianapolis

Volume I of our three-volume survey of British history covers political, economic, intellectual, and social history from prehistoric times to 1688.  The third edition is updated to reflect current scholarship and interdisciplinary findings, and includes a greater emphasis on archeology, linguistics, literature and law. This edition also includes an expanded coverage of Scotland, Ireland and Wales, providing both a comparative and contextual framework that firmly locates the history of the British Isles within the broader tradition of European history.

Features

• Volume I of a compact, three-volume format convenient for survey courses
• Presents a complicated history of over two thousand years in a clear and accessible manner
• Emphasizes social history, including women and gender issues, family structure, class, and social legislation
• Reflects current interdisciplinary research
• Discusses intellectual and artistic history, including art, architecture, literature, and poetry
• Provides suggested reading at the end of each chapter

Also available
The Peoples of the British Isles, From 1688-1870
The Peoples of the British Isles, From 1870 to the Present

Contents
A .pdf of the contents and preface is available (here).  The .pdf includes final page numbers to help you plan your syllabus
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface

Part I    Prehistoric, Roman, and Early Medieval Britain
1	The Land and Peoples of Early Britain
2	The Early Middle Ages, 410–1066
Part II    Norman Britain
3	The First Century of Feudalism, 1066–1189
4	The Age of the Plantagenets, 1189–1327
5	The Later Middle Ages, 1327–1485
6	Medieval British Society, 1066–1485
Part III    The Tudors and The Stuarts
7	The Earlier Tudors, 1485–1547
8	The Later Tudors, 1547–1603
9	Wales, Ireland, and Scotland and the Tudors
10	The Early Stuarts and the War of the Three Kingdoms, 1603–1649
11	The Interregnum, Restoration, and Glorious Revolution, 1649–1688
12	Social, Cultural, and Intellectual History, 1485–1688

Epilogue: The British Isles in 1688
Appendix: Genealogical Tables
Index

About the Author
Stanford E. Lehmberg (Ph.D., Litt.D., Cambridge University) is professor of History Emeritus at University of Minnesota. A former Fulbright Scholar and recipient of two Guggenheim Fellowships, Lehmberg has written numerous articles and books, including The Reformation of Cathedrals: Cathedrals in English Society, 1485–1603.

Samantha A. Meigs (B.A., M.A., University of Colorado; Ph.D. Northwestern University) is associate professor of History at the University of Indianapolis. Recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for research in Ireland and an N.E.H. Summer Grant for her current research on Highland Scotland, she is author of The Reformations in Ireland: Tradition and Confessionalism, 1400—1690.

2009, 342 Pages, Paper, ISBN 978-1-933478-01-2, Price $48.95