For a more specific focus on the society of the era, J. A. Sharpe's 'Early Modern England : A Social History 1550-1760 (A Hodder Arnold Publication)' is a good overview while Susan Doran and Christopher Durston provide a good introductory survey to religion during the era in 'Princes, Pastors and People: The Church and Religion in England, 1500-1700'. 'The Economy of England, 1450-1750' by D. C. Coleman is a useful start to approaching the economic aspects of the period. Finally, for those seeking more about Ireland and Scotland during the period, the best books to turn to are 'A New History of Ireland, Vol. 3: Early Modern Ireland, 1534-1691' and 'Kingdom or Province?: Scotland and the Regal Union, 1603-1715'.

Early Stuart, 1603-1641
he best introduction to this period is Derek Hirst's 'Authority and Conflict: England, 1603-1658 (New History of England)', while S. R. Gardiner's 'History of England from the accession of James I. to the outbreak of the Civil War,: 1603-1642' remains unsurpassed as a narrative of the political history of the time. For early Stuart religious history, Claire Cross' 'Church and People: England 1450-1660 (Blackwell Classic Histories of England)' is a good starting point, while Patrick Collinson's 'The Religion of Protestants : The Church in English Society 1559-1625 (Ford Lectures)' and Nicholas Tyacke's 'Anti-Calvinists : The Rise of English Arminianism c. 1590-1640 (Oxford Historical Monographs)' offer specialized examinations of specific topics.

In 'Parliaments and English Politics, 1621-1629', Conrad Russell offered a dramatic reinterpretation fo English politics during the 1620s, one that has since come under assault in such works as J. P. Sommerville's 'Royalists and Patriots: Politics and Ideology in England, 1603-1640 (2nd Edition)' and L. J. Reeve's 'Charles I and the Road to Personal Rule (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)'. The revisionist argument, with its emphasis on political consensus and the absence of ideological division, is also evident in Kevin Sharpe's enormous 'The Personal Rule of Charles I'. The descent into civil war is best approached through Conrad Russell's excellent 'The Fall of the British Monarchies 1637-1642', while specific studies of Charles's problems with Scotland can be found in 'The Road to Revolution: Scotland Under Charles I, 1625-37' and 'An Uncounselled King : Charles I and the Scottish Troubles, 1637-1641 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)'.

Civil War and Revolution, 1641-1660
In 'Britain in Revolution : 1625-1660 ', Austin Woolrych has written a massive political and military history of the conflict; a shorter overview of the period can be found in G. E. Aylmer's 'Rebellion or Revolution? : England 1640-1660 (OPUS S.)'. A good detailed study of the outbreak of the Civil War is Anthony Fletcher's 'The Outbreak of the English Civil War', while the historical debate as to the causes of the Civil War is examined in 'The Debate on the English Revolution (Issues in Historiography)'. Ian Gentles' 'The New Model Army: In England, Ireland and Scotland, 1645-1653' is the best study of the Parliamentary force, while the Royalists were the subject of Ronald Hutton's 'Royalist War Effort, 1642-1646'.

Christopher Hill's 'The World Turned Upside Down : Radical Ideas During the English Revolution (Penguin History)' is a classic study of the radical beliefs of the period; more specialized books include Murray Tolmie's 'Triumph of the Saints.Londn', Theodore Pease's 'The Leveller movement; a study in the history and political theory of the English Great Civil War', and Bernard Capp's 'The fifth monarchy men;: A study in seventeenth-century English millenarianism,'. For the politics of the Republic, see 'The Rump Parliament 1648-53' by Blair Worden and Austin Woolrych's 'Commonwealth to Protectorate (Phoenix Press)'. Oliver Cromwell has also been the subject of considerable attention; among the best are Charles Firth's classic 'Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England', while 'Cromwell (Profiles in Power)' fits him in with modern scholarship on his times.

Restoration, 1660-1685
For the Restoration, 'The restoration of Charles II, 1658-1660' is still the book to consult, while Ronald Hutton provides a good biography of the new king in 'Charles the Second : King of England, Scotland, and Ireland '. For the religious side of the Restoration, see John Spurr's excellent 'The Restoration Church of England, 1646-1689'. That the political issues of the earlier period remained has been argued by John Miller in 'Popery and Politics in England 1660-88' and by Jonathan Scott in 'Algernon Sidney and the Restoration Crisis, 1677-1683 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)'. In the recently published 'Restoration: Charles II and his Kingdoms, 1660-1685', Tim Harris argues that the stability of Charles' reign was superficial, a point he will develop further in his forthcoming 'Revolution: The Great Crisis of the British Monarchy, 1685-1720 (Allen Lane History S.)'.

The classic work on Charles's reign is 'England in the reign of Charles II' by David Ogg, whichisstill the best source on his foreign policy. Two great diarists lived through and chronicled the period in their diaries; their indispensable accounts can be read in 'The Shorter Pepys' and 'The Diary of John Evelyn (First Person Singular) (First Person Singular)'. For the growth of the political power of the landed gentry in this period, see 'The Emergence of a Ruling Order: English Landed Society, 1650-1750 (Studies in Modern History (Longman (Firm)).)'.

The "Glorious Revolution" and afterwards, 1685-1713
For the Glorious Revolution itself, John Miller has a good overview in 'The Glorious Revolution (2nd Edition)', while 'The Anglo-Dutch Moment : Essays on the Glorious Revolution and its World Impact' provides an excellent examination of its international impact. The best account of English history after the Revolution is by Julian Hoppit in 'A Land of Liberty? : England 1689-1727 (New Oxford History of England)'.