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John Morrill has been at the forefront of modern attempts to
explain the origins, nature and consequences of the English
Revolution. These twenty essays -- seven either specially written
or reproduced from generally inaccessible sources -- illustrate the
main scholarly debates to which he has so richly contributed: the
tension between national and provincial politics; the idea of the
English Revolution as "the last of the European Wars of Religion'';
its British dimension; and its political sociology. Taken together,
they offer a remarkably coherent account of the period as a whole.
John Morrill has been at the forefront of modern attempts to
explain the origins, nature and consequences of the English
Revolution. These twenty essays -- seven either specially written
or reproduced from generally inaccessible sources -- illustrate the
main scholarly debates to which he has so richly contributed: the
tension between national and provincial politics; the idea of the
English Revolution as "the last of the European Wars of Religion'';
its British dimension; and its political sociology. Taken together,
they offer a remarkably coherent account of the period as a whole.
An outstanding collection, bringing together some of the leading
historians of this period with some of the field's rising stars,
which examines key issues in popular politics, the negotiation of
power, strategies of legitimation,and the languages of politics.
One of the most notable currents in social, cultural and political
historiography is the interrogation of the categories of 'elite'
and 'popular' politics and their relationship to each other, as
well as the exploration of why andhow different sorts of people
engaged with politics and behaved politically. While such issues
are timeless, they hold a special importance for a society
experiencing rapid political and social change, like early modern
England.No one has done more to define these agendas for early
modern historians than John Walter. His work has been hugely
influential, and at its heart has been the analysis of the
political agency of ordinary people. The essays in thisvolume
engage with the central issues of Walter's work, ranging across the
politics of poverty, dearth and household, popular political
consciousness and practice more broadly, and religion and politics
during the English revolution. This outstanding collection,
bringing together some of the leading historians of this period
with some of the field's rising stars, will appeal to anyone
interested in the social, cultural and political history of early
modern England or issues of popular political consciousness and
behaviour more generally. MICHAEL J. BRADDICK is professor of
history at the University of Sheffield. PHIL WITHINGTON is
professor of history at the Universityof Sheffield. CONTRIBUTORS:
Michael J. Braddick, J. C. Davis, Amanda Flather, Steve Hindle,
Mark Knights, John Morrill, Alexandra Shepard, Paul Slack, Richard
M. Smith, Clodagh Tait, Keith Thomas, Phil Withington, Andy Wood,
Keith Wrightson.
Originally published as part of "The Oxford Illustrated History of
Britain", John Morrill's description of Stuart Britain sets the
Revolution into its political, religious, social, economic,
intellectual and cultural contexts. It thus seeks to integrate what
most other surveys pull apart. It gives a graphic account of the
effects of a century-long period during which population was
growing inexorably and faster than both the food supply and the
employment market. It looks at the failed attempts of successive
governments to make all those under their authority obedient
members of a unified national church; it looks at how Charles I
blundered into a civil war which then took on a terrifying momentum
of its own. The result was his trial and execution, the abolition
of the monarchy, the House of Lords, the bishops, the Prayer Book
and the celebration of Christmas. As a result everything else that
people took for granted came up for challenge, and this book shows
how painfully and with what difficulty order and obedience was
restored. The text is intended for the general reader or students
of the Stuart period of British history.
This is the first truly scholarly edition of all the recorded
writings and recorded speech acts of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
and consists of more than 1,000 texts. Oliver Cromwell, one of
Britain's greatest and most controversial generals, rose from lowly
provincial origins to preside over the trial and execution of a
king, to undertake the most complete conquest of Ireland and
Scotland ever achieved, and to spend the last five years of his
life as head of state, as Lord Protector of Britain and Ireland. A
passionate speaker who claimed to be called by God to overthrow
tyranny in church and state, and a powerful advocate for a very
broad religious liberty and equality, his speeches and letters
reveal the public and the private man more completely than for
almost any other early modern political leader. This new edition
not only publishes a number of new items, but also edits a large
number from recovered originals not previously edited. Every item
has its own detailed introduction explaining the status of the text
and its context or contexts, but also very full annotation -
identifying for example almost every person, place and event
mentioned in the text and also - where there is no holograph but
also variant copies - all significant differences between variant
early copies.
This is the first truly scholarly edition of all the recorded
writings and recorded speech acts of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
and consists of more than 1,000 texts. Oliver Cromwell, one of
Britain's greatest and most controversial generals, rose from lowly
provincial origins to preside over the trial and execution of a
king, to undertake the most complete conquest of Ireland and
Scotland ever achieved, and to spend the last five years of his
life as head of state, as Lord Protector of Britain and Ireland. A
passionate speaker who claimed to be called by God to overthrow
tyranny in church and state, and a powerful advocate for a very
broad religious liberty and equality, his speeches and letters
reveal the public and the private man more completely than for
almost any other early modern political leader. This new edition
not only publishes a number of new items, but also edits a large
number from recovered originals not previously edited. Every item
has its own detailed introduction explaining the status of the text
and its context or contexts, but also very full annotation -
identifying for example almost every person, place and event
mentioned in the text and also - where there is no holograph but
also variant copies - all significant differences between variant
early copies.
This is the first truly scholarly edition of all the recorded
writings and recorded speech acts of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
and consists of more than 1,000 texts. Oliver Cromwell, one of
Britain's greatest and most controversial generals, rose from lowly
provincial origins to preside over the trial and execution of a
king, to undertake the most complete conquest of Ireland and
Scotland ever achieved, and to spend the last five years of his
life as head of state, as Lord Protector of Britain and Ireland. A
passionate speaker who claimed to be called by God to overthrow
tyranny in church and state, and a powerful advocate for a very
broad religious liberty and equality, his speeches and letters
reveal the public and the private man more completely than for
almost any other early modern political leader. This new edition
not only publishes a number of new items, but also edits a large
number from recovered originals not previously edited. Every item
has its own detailed introduction explaining the status of the text
and its context or contexts, but also very full annotation -
identifying for example almost every person, place and event
mentioned in the text and also - where there is no holograph but
also variant copies - all significant differences between variant
early copies.
At the outbreak of the Second World War U.S.S. Quail was in the
Philippines sweeping mines to provide access for American shipping
to South Harbor, Corregidor. Damaged by enemy bombs and guns during
the Japanese invasion of the island, Lieutenant Commander John
Morrill and his fellow men decided to make the decision to scuttle
their ship rather than allow it to be captured. This led them to
begin one of the most daring escapes of the Second World War.
At the outbreak of the Second World War U.S.S. Quail was in the
Philippines sweeping mines to provide access for American shipping
to South Harbor, Corregidor. Damaged by enemy bombs and guns during
the Japanese invasion of the island, Lieutenant Commander John
Morrill and his fellow men decided to make the decision to scuttle
their ship rather than allow it to be captured. This led them to
begin one of the most daring escapes of the Second World War.
The Penguin Illustrated History of Britain and Ireland is a
wonderfully rich and comprehensive guide to the eventful history of
England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland--from the arrival of the first
humans half a million years ago right up to the present day.
It traces the unfolding of key events through the Roman and
Norman conquests, the Civil War, the World Wars, and the rise and
fall of the British Empire. At the same time, it looks at the life
of society, focusing on such subjects as the growth of towns, the
changing languages of the British Isles, women's suffrage, and the
ascent of Victorian seaside resorts and the spread of the
suburbs.
Readers can explore the streets and landscapes of historical
cities in artwork reconstructions--from Roman London via medieval
Norwich to eighteenth-century Dublin and Enlightenment Edinburgh.
And superbly detailed maps depict such intriguing aspects of
history as Neolithic monuments, Viking raids, the Napoleonic wars,
the home front during the Second World War--and even Beatles
concert venues in the 1960s--as well as painstakingly showing the
influence that humans have had on the landscape over the
centuries.
Meticulously researched by a team of experts to offer a wide
variety of perspectives, The Penguin Illustrated History of Britain
and Ireland provides a kaleidoscopic account of centuries of change
and achievement, bringing the diverse and fascinating history of
the British Isles vividly to life.
This decisive contribution to the long-running debate about the
dynamics of state formation and elite transformation in early
modern Europe examines the new monarchies that emerged during the
course of the 'long seventeenth century'. It argues that the
players surviving the power struggles of this period were not
'states' in any modern sense, but primarily princely dynasties
pursuing not only dynastic ambitions and princely prestige but the
consequences of dynastic chance. At the same time, elites, far from
insisting on confrontation with the government of princes for
principled ideological reasons, had every reason to seek compromise
and even advancement through new channels that the governing
dynasty offered, if only they could profit from them. Monarchy
Transformed ultimately challenges the inevitability of modern maps
of Europe and shows how, instead of promoting state formation, the
wars of the period witnessed the creation of several dynastic
agglomerates and new kinds of aristocracy.
An Anthology of Writings from 1483 to 1999 Firmly I Believe and
Truly celebrates the depth and breadth of the spiritual, literary,
and intellectual heritage of the Post-Reformation English Roman
Catholic tradition in an anthology of writings that span a five
hundred year period between William Caxton and Cardinal Hume.
Intended as a rich resource for all with an interest in Roman
Catholicism, the writings have been carefully selected and edited
by a team of scholars with historical, theological, and literary
expertise. Each author is introduced to provide context for the
included extracts and the chronological arrangement of the
anthology makes the volume easy to use whilst creating a
fascinating overview of the modern era in English Catholic thought.
The extracts comprise a wide variety writing genres; sermons,
prayers, poetry, diaries, novels, theology, apologetics, works of
controversy, devotional literature, biographies, drama, and essays.
Includes writings by: John Colet, John Fisher, Thomas More, Robert
Southwell, Philip Howard, Edmund Campion, John Gother, John Dryden,
Mary Barker, Alexander Pope, Richard Challoner, Alban Butler, John
Milner, Elizabeth Inchbald, Nicholas Wiseman, Margaret Mary
Hallahan, A. W. N. Pugin, John Henry Newman, Henry Edward Manning,
Frederick William Faber, Bertrand Wilberforce, Gerard Manley
Hopkins, Vincent McNabb, Hilaire Belloc, Maurice Baring, G. K.
Chesterton, R. A. Knox, J. R. R. Tolkien, Caryll Houselander,
Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, John Bradburne, Cardinal Hume
This collection of essays examines the struggles of the people of
England with the collapse of civilization as they knew it. As the
country fell into civil war and near anarchy, the people sought out
in word and action how to preserve what could still be preserved or
to create new political, religious and social certainties. The
authors discuss individuals or groups who were soldiers, writers or
statesmen of the Civil Wars or the Interregnum, people who were at
the centre of power or in more humble and localized circumstances.
All of the authors take their inspiration from the work of Austin
Woolrych, whose own books and articles focus on these very
questions. This volume is published in his honour.
This is a collection of essays about major aspects of the "English Revolution" of the mid-seventeenth century. It examines how it was fought (soldiers), how it was defended and argued over (writers), and how it was shaped and how it failed (statesmen). The essays are written by both established and younger scholars of the period in honor of Austyn Woolrych, founding Professor of History at the University of Lancaster and the author of many influential books and articles.
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Charles I (Paperback)
Christopher W. Daniels, John Morrill
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R951
Discovery Miles 9 510
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Charles I's accession to the throne in 1625 was probably the most
untroubled for over 200 years. Yet after seventeen years he found
himself involved in a civil war that split the nation in two; he
was later deposed, convicted of treason and publicly executed.
Through an excellent selection of primary sources this book looks
at the personality and policies of Charles I, and considers how far
he was responsible for his own destruction. It includes not only
written documents, but also paintings, coins and architectural
drawings, which help to throw light on this enigmatic monarch and
deeply private man. This successful volume in the Cambridge Topics
in History series is reprinted with a full colour cover.
This decisive contribution to the long-running debate about the
dynamics of state formation and elite transformation in early
modern Europe examines the new monarchies that emerged during the
course of the 'long seventeenth century'. It argues that the
players surviving the power struggles of this period were not
'states' in any modern sense, but primarily princely dynasties
pursuing not only dynastic ambitions and princely prestige but the
consequences of dynastic chance. At the same time, elites, far from
insisting on confrontation with the government of princes for
principled ideological reasons, had every reason to seek compromise
and even advancement through new channels that the governing
dynasty offered, if only they could profit from them. Monarchy
Transformed ultimately challenges the inevitability of modern maps
of Europe and shows how, instead of promoting state formation, the
wars of the period witnessed the creation of several dynastic
agglomerates and new kinds of aristocracy.
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