Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 War, Privilege and the Norman Connection, 1370–1435
- 2 Military Defeat and Civil Conflict, 1435–1485
- 3 Centralisation and its Limits under Henry VII and Henry VIII, 1485–1547
- 4 Political and Religious Strife, 1547–1569
- 5 War and the Development of Autonomy, 1570–1604
- 6 The Challenge of Uniformity? 1605–1640
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - War and the Development of Autonomy, 1570–1604
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 War, Privilege and the Norman Connection, 1370–1435
- 2 Military Defeat and Civil Conflict, 1435–1485
- 3 Centralisation and its Limits under Henry VII and Henry VIII, 1485–1547
- 4 Political and Religious Strife, 1547–1569
- 5 War and the Development of Autonomy, 1570–1604
- 6 The Challenge of Uniformity? 1605–1640
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
While there was to be no immediate return to military activity for the islands, the period from about 1567 saw an increase in tension that was to change the context of their development. It was ultimately to lead to a resumption of war, fought in neighbouring Normandy, the seas around the islands, and in Brittany; this raised again the strategic significance of the islands, now at a focal point of a conflict for dominance in Western Europe between Catholic France and, ultimately, Catholic Spain, and their Protestant enemies. Amongst other things, the war ensured the continued passage through the islands of refugees and others from both England and Normandy. This period also saw the consolidation of the islands' role as the interface between Presbyterianism in England and abroad, and this chapter will describe the role of the islands in, for example, providing refuge for Edmund Snape and Thomas Cartwright from 1595. Within the islands, war reinforced again the position of the governor, seen most clearly in Jersey in the influence of the Paulet family, in the person of Sir Anthony Paulet and George Paulet, bailiff from 1583. Yet this power was increasingly contested by powerful local elites who were prepared to challenge governors.
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- The Channel Islands, 1370–1640Between England and Normandy, pp. 111 - 131Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2012