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 'threekingdoms' context. ÍNDICE: - Abbreviations - Chronology of Principal Events - 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
- ISBN: 978-0-333-98656-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 352
- Fecha Publicación: 19/12/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés