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Barry Coward has revised his wide-ranging text which outlines
the major social changes that occurred in England in the two
hundred years after the Reformation. He examines the religious and
intellectual changes resulting from revolutionary pressures, as
well as considering the impact of rapid inflation and population
expansion in the later sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
Overall he stresses that social change combined with social
continuity to produce a distinctive early modern English
society.
Oliver Cromwell is one of the most puzzling and controversial
figures in English history. In this excellent introduction, Barry
Coward uses Cromwell's own words and actions to analyse the life of
Oliver Cromwell as a political figure and look at the historical
problems associated with his exercise of power.
The Stuart Age provides an accessible introduction to England's
century of civil war and revolution, including the causes of the
English Civil War; the nature of the English Revolution; the aims
and achievements of Oliver Cromwell; the continuation of religious
passion in the politics of Restoration England; and the impact of
the Glorious Revolution on Britain. The fifth edition has been
thoroughly revised and updated by Peter Gaunt to reflect new work
and changing trends in research on the Stuart age. It expands on
key areas including the early Stuart economic, religious and social
context; key military events and debates surrounding the English
Civil War; colonial expansion, foreign policy and overseas wars;
and significant developments in Scotland and Ireland. A new opening
chapter provides an important overview of current historiographical
trends in Stuart history, introducing readers to key recent work on
the topic. The Stuart Age is a long-standing favourite of lecturers
and students of early modern British history, and this new edition
is essential reading for those studying Stuart Britain.
Barry Coward has revised his wide-ranging text which outlines the
major social changes that occurred in England in the two hundred
years after the Reformation. He examines the religious and
intellectual changes resulting from revolutionary pressures, as
well as considering the impact of rapid inflation and population
expansion in the later sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
Overall he stresses that social change combined with social
continuity to produce a distinctive early modern English society.
Oliver Cromwell is one of the most puzzling and controversial
figures in English history. In this excellent introduction, Barry
Coward uses Cromwell's own words and actions to analyse the life of
Oliver Cromwell as a political figure and look at the historical
problems associated with his exercise of power.
Praise for the series: Perhaps the most important historical
undertaking of our age... one of the most valuable historical works
ever produced.' Times Literary Supplement A landmark in the field
of historical endeavour... the most admirable collection of sources
on English history that exists.' American Historical Review English
Historical Documents is the most ambitious and comprehensive
collection of primary documents on English history ever published.
The volumes were published between 1953 and 1977 and have become
landmark publications in their own fields. This long awaited volume
covers 1603-1660, the tumultuous years of the Stuart Kings, the
English Civil War and the rise and fall of the Republic. The volume
includes informative introductory pieces for the parts and
sections, and editorial comments are directed towards making
sources intelligible rather than drawing conclusions from them.
Opening with an overview of the landscape, people and places of
England and Wales, the volume covers all the key aspects of the
Stuart period, including: * Parliaments * Religion * Multiple
Kingdoms * Finance * Political ideas * The Monarchy * Internal Wars
and Warfare * Foreign Policy and External Wars * Justice and
Judicial Affairs * Links between localities and centres The format
of the series has been fully updated for this new volume, and the
documents gathered here encompass the most up to date approaches to
the material.
The Stuart Age provides an accessible introduction to England's
century of civil war and revolution, including the causes of the
English Civil War; the nature of the English Revolution; the aims
and achievements of Oliver Cromwell; the continuation of religious
passion in the politics of Restoration England; and the impact of
the Glorious Revolution on Britain. The fifth edition has been
thoroughly revised and updated by Peter Gaunt to reflect new work
and changing trends in research on the Stuart age. It expands on
key areas including the early Stuart economic, religious and social
context; key military events and debates surrounding the English
Civil War; colonial expansion, foreign policy and overseas wars;
and significant developments in Scotland and Ireland. A new opening
chapter provides an important overview of current historiographical
trends in Stuart history, introducing readers to key recent work on
the topic. The Stuart Age is a long-standing favourite of lecturers
and students of early modern British history, and this new edition
is essential reading for those studying Stuart Britain.
Examines the nature of the first regime ever to have effective
control of the British Isles and the impact that it had on England,
Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and on Britain's international
reputation. One of the few stuides to view the period as one of
acheivement rather than merely a reactionary regime. Examines the
aspirations of the Cromwellian Protectorate and underlines their
committemnt to a radical vision, despite the pressures and crises
that the regime faced. Examines the international dimension of the
rules of Oliver and Richard Cromwell. Containing many key documents
of the period and a bibliographical essay, considers A and AS level
requirements as well as being valuable to undergraduates and
general readers. -- .
The neglected period of the Protectorate is reviewed and reassessed
in this stimulating collection. The Protectorate is arguably the
Cinderella of Interregnum studies: it lacks the immediate drama of
the Regicide, the Republic or the Restoration, and is often
dismissed as a 'retreat from revolution', a short period of
conservative rule before the inevitable return of the Stuarts. The
essays in this volume present new research that challenges this
view. They argue instead that the Protectorate was dynamic and
progressive, even if the policies put forwardwere not always
successful, and often created further tensions within the
government and between Whitehall and the localities. Particular
topics include studies of Oliver Cromwell and his relationship with
Parliament, and the awkward position inherited by his son, Richard;
the role of art and architecture in creating a splendid protectoral
court; and the important part played by the council, as a
law-making body, as a political cockpit, and as part of a hierarchy
of government covering not just England but also Ireland and
Scotland. There are also investigations of the reactions to
Cromwellian rule in Wales, in the towns and cities of the
Severn/Avon basin, and in the local communities of England faced
with a far-reaching programme of religious reform. PATRICK LITTLE
is Senior Research Fellow at the History of Parliament Trust.
Contributors: BARRY COWARD, DAVID L. SMITH, JASON PEACEY, PAUL
HUNNEYBALL, BLAIR WORDEN, PETER GAUNT, LLOYD BOWEN, STEPHEN K.
ROBERTS, CHRISTOPHER DURSTON.
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