Mark Kishlansky (1948 – 2015) was an American historian of seventeenth-century British politics. He was the Frank Baird, Jr. Professor of History at Harvard University, editor of the Journal of British Studies from 1984 to 1991, and editor-in-chief of History Compass from 2003 to 2009.
Kishlansky wrote half a dozen or so books and lots of articles about Stuart Britain and so was invited to write Volume Six of the Penguin History of England covering that period, under the general editorship of historian David Cannadine.
I think of the history of Britain in the 17th century as consisting of four parts:
- The first two Stuarts (Kings James I & Charles I) 1603 – 1642
- The Civil Wars and Protectorate (Oliver Cromwell) 1642 – 1660
- The Restoration (Kings Charles II & James II) 1660 – 1688
- The Glorious Revolution and Whig monarchs (William & Mary, then Queen Anne) 1688 – 1714
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