The English Revolution 1642-1649

D.E. Kennedy

• Editorial: Red Globe Press
• Año: 2017
• ISBN:
  9780333984208
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Histoire
• Categoría: Histoire de la Grande-Bretagne

The English Civil Wars and Revolution remain controversial. This book develops the theme that the Revolution, arising from the three separate rebellions, was an English phenomenon exported to Ireland and then to Scotland. Dr Kennedy examines the widespread effects of years of bloody and unnatural civil wars upon the British Isles. He also explores the symbolism of Charles I's execution, the 'great debates' about the proper limits of the King's authority and the 'great divide' in English politics which makes neutral writing about this period impossible. Taking into account the radical exigencies and expectations of war and peace-making, the discordant testimonies from battlefield and bargaining table, Parliament, press and pulpit, Dr Kennedy provides a full analysis of the English experience of revolution.

Índice

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 The War for King and Parliament, 1642–6
• 2 Interregnum, 1646–7
• 3 The Army in Debate
• 4 The Second Civil War
• 5 Regicide and Republic, January–March 1649
• Notes
• Further Reading
• Index