Table of Contents
The 1390s : the empty throne / Paul Strohm -- The 1490s : continuities and contrasts / Malcolm Vale -- The 1590s : apotheosis or nemesis of the Elizabethan regime? / Ian Archer -- The 1690s : finance, fashion and frivolity / Peter Earle -- The 1790s : "visions of unsullied bliss" / Roy Porter -- the 1890s : past, present, and future in headlines / Asa Briggs -- The 1990s : the final chapter / Asa Briggs.