John Adamson

The English Civil War (eBook, ePUB)

Conflict and Contexts, 1640-49

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

John Adamson provides a new synthesis of current research on the political crisis that engulfed England in the 1640s. Drawing on new archival findings and challenging current orthodoxies, these essays by leading historians offer a variety of original perspectives, locating English events firmly within a 'three kingdoms' context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350306905
• Artikelnr.: 62730573

Autorenporträt

JOHN ADAMSON is Fellow in History at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations
Introduction
High Roads and Blind Alleys: The English Civil War and its Historiography;
J.Adamson
Rethinking Royalist Politics, 1642-49; D.Scott
Anglicanism and Royalism in the 1640s; A.Milton
Perceptions of Parliament: Faction and 'The Public'; J.Peacey
The Baronial Context of the Irish Civil Wars; J.Ohlmeyer
The 'Scottish Moment', 1638-45; A.I.MacInnes
Centre and Locality in Civil War England; C.Holmes
The Politics of Fairfax's Army, 1645-49; I.Gentles
Rhetoric, Reality, and the Varieties of Civil War Radicalism; P.Baker
Notes
Further Reading
Notes on the Contributors
Index.