..hi there...
..You could try 'The Stuart Age' by Barry Coward (Longman, London) or 'A History of the Modern British Isles 1603-1707' by David L. Smith (Blackwell, Oxford).....
..admittedly the focus of both books is mainly concerned with the Stuart period, but Coward's book has some topics regarding 'The Elizabethan Constitution', ..it also deals briefly with society, population, culture, trade and colonization, manufacturing, popular beliefs, and intellectual developments, as well as religion, government and monarchy...but generally, it deals more widely with the reigns of the early Stuarts, the English 'revolution', the reigns of William III and Queen Anne and later Stuart England..while the book is mainly narrative, there is enough analysis to raise it above a mere introductory piece, and although it is not densely academic, it will provide the general context you require with an easy to use quick reference appeal...
...Smith's book is pretty much more of the same except the focus is more on the monarchy's, the 'civil' wars, politics and parliament etc etc...still, it is again, a very good broad introductory book, and both publications contain a wealth of bibliographical and reference information that should prompt more in-depth reading and stimulate further exploration...
..hope that helps a bit...
..ta ta for now....AoO...