Cromwell and the Interregnum (eBook)

The Essential Readings

David Lee Smith (Herausgeber)

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2008
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4051-4314-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This book brings together eight of the most influential recent articles on Oliver Cromwell and the Interregnum. Brings together seminal articles on Oliver Cromwell and the Interregnum. Illuminates the personality of Cromwell and his achievements. Includes treatments of Ireland and Scotland alongside discussion of England. Editorial material introduces students to the historiographical issues.

Autor

David L. Smith is Fellow and Director of Studies in History at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He has won the Royal Historical Society's Alexander Prize and Cambridge University's Thirlwall Prize for Historical Research. He is the author of eight previous books on various aspects of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century history including Oliver Cromwell (1991), A History of the Modern British Isles, 1603-1707 (Blackwell, 1998), and The Stuart Parliaments, 1603--1689 (1999).

Inhalt

Acknowledgements.

Editor's Introduction.

1. Oliver Cromwell, the Regicide and the Sons of Zeruiah (John
Morrill, University of Cambridge and Philip Baker, Associate
Editor, The New Dictionary of National Biography).

2. Oliver Cromwell and the Sin of Achan (Blair Worden,
University of Sussex).

3. The Cromwellian Protectorate: A Military Dictatorship?
(Austin Woolrych, University of Lancaster).

4. 'The Single Person's Confidants and Dependents'? Oliver
Cromwell and his Protectoral Councilors (Peter Gaunt, University
College, Chester).

5. Oliver Cromwell and the Localities: The Problem of Consent
(Anthony Fletcher).

6. Cromwell's Religion (Colin Davis, University of East
Anglia).

7. Oliver Cromwell, the First Protectorate Parliament and
Religious Reform (David L. Smith, University of Cambridge).

8. Cromwell, Scotland and Ireland (David Stevenson, University
of St. Andrews).

Timeline.

Index.

Rezensionen

"Here are eight of the best essays of the past twenty years on
Oliver Cromwell in power. The collection is enhanced by David
Smith's lucid and comprehensive introduction summarizing the
current historiography on politics and religion during the
Interregnum."

--Ian Gentles, Glendon College, Toronto

"This collection of important articles on the 1650s will be a
boon to everyone interested in discovering more about the history
of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, as will the editor's
introduction, which is a splendid guide to many important themes of
the history of that period."

--Barry Coward, Birkbeck College, London

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.5.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Essential Readings in History
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Essential Readings in History
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Army • Articles • Brings • British politics • Charles • Commonwealth • Cromwell • cromwells complex personality • Death • Diversity • Early Modern British History • Execution • Explore • Geschichte • Geschichte der britischen Frühmoderne • Geschichte der britischen Frühmoderne • historians • History • Influence • influential • Interregnum • Issues • Oliver • Protectorate • Reader • years
• ISBN-10: 1-4051-4314-2 / 1405143142
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-4314-1 / 9781405143141