Britain in Revolution: 1625-1660 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0199272689 ISBN 13: 9780199272686

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2004

Riassunto

This is the definitive history of the English Civil War, set in its full historical context from the accession of Charles I to the Restoration of Charles II. These were the most turbulent years of British history and their reverberations have been felt down the centuries. Throughout the middle decades of the seventeenth century England, Scotland, and Ireland were convulsed by political upheaval and wracked by rebellion and civil war. The Stuart monarchy was in abeyance for twenty years in all three kingdoms, and Charles I famously met his death on the scaffold.

Austin Woolrych breathes life back into the story of these years, the sweep of his prose buttressed by the authority of a lifetime's scholarship. He captures the drama and the passion, the momentum of events and the force of contingency. He brilliantly interweaves the history of the three kingdoms and their peoples, gripping the reader with the fast-paced yet always balanced story.

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Recensione

Britain in Revolution will serve as a useful summary of one of the most confused and confusing periods of British history ... students will find Woolrych a reliable guide. (Mark Kishlansky, Times Literary Supplement)

Britain in Revolution is a huge book in every sense, the distillation of a lifetimes-worth of teaching, researching and writing, resulting in a large, sweeping narrative account of a very high standard ... It is by some margin the longest and most substantial single-volume history we have of these years. (Peter Gaunt, Reviews in History)

Britain in Revolution is a splendid volume and a fitting high point of a very distinguished career. It provides a masterly political (and military) narrative of a complex period. The style is elegant and lucid and it is a joy to read ... From beginning to end, a complex story is related with great skill and a deft and judicious touch, and a mass of detail is carefully controlled, managed and moulded to form a clear and magisterial account. Britain in Revolution is a magnificent achievement and a magnificent book. (Peter Gaunt, Reviews in History)

This is a formidable and convincing study. Whilst the book can be dipped into, because of its clear and precise structure, the whole text should be essential reading for anyone taking an interest in the period. (History Review)

Contenuti

• Prologue
• I: Background and Beginnings 1625-1640
• 1: King Charles's Inheritance, i: Three Kingdoms, Three Peoples
• 2: King Charles's Inheritance, ii: The Matter of Religion
• 3: The New Reign
• 4: Storm over Scotland
• 5: The Bishops' Wars
• II: War in Three Kingdoms 1640-1646
• 6: Climacteric
• 7: Three Kingdoms in Crisis
• 8: The Blast of War
• 9: The Conflict Widens
• 10: Towards a Resolution
• III: Towards a Kingless Britain 1646-1649
• 11: Between Two Wars
• 12: Climacteric II: 'Not a Mere Mercenary Army'
• 13: The Second Civil War
• 14: Quest for a Settlement
• IV: The Commonwealth 1649-1653
• 15: The Commonwealth at War
• 16: The Commonwealth in Crisis
• 17: 'A Story of My Own Weakness and Folly'?
• V: Cromwell's Protectorate 1653-1658
• 18: A New Order in Three Nations
• 19: The First Phase of Cromwellian Rule
• 20: 'A Single Person and a Parliament'
• 21: Royalists in Arms, Swordsmen in the Saddle
• 22: King or Constable?
• 23: The Protectorate in Scotland, Ireland, and Europe
• 24: Unfinished Business
• VI: The Collapse of the Good Old Cause 1658-1660
• 25: The Overthrow of the Protectorate
• 26: The Commonwealth Restored
• 27: The Monarchy Restored
• Epilogue
• Further Reading
• Index

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0199272689
• ISBN 13: 9780199272686
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 842
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile