The seventeenth century was a significant period in English history; the country was undergoing constant changes. Christopher Hill defines a certain period between 1603 and 1714, which he mentions as the century of revolutions (as the title of his book suggests it); very determinant years in the history of England. These two dates mark the death of two queens: Queen Elisabeth died on 24 March 1603, Queen Anne on 1 August 1714. During the 17th century the modern English society and modern State began to take shape, the international situation of England also changed radically. 1 The Stuarts were less successful than the Tudors. The seventeenth century was full of political tensions.2 The two states which emerged as the greatest political powers during the hundred years from 1640 to 1740 – France and Great Britain – became no less indisputably the greatest economic powers. From 1540 to 1640, or at any rate from 1558 to 1640, Great Britain' was a peaceful island facing a Continent continually drenched with blood. From 1648 to 1740, or at any rate from 1659 to 1740, bloodshed on the Continent tended to diminish. Wars for limited dynastic objectives succeeded wars to the death, brought on, at least ostensibly, by religious issues... (Introduction)