Cromwell and the Interregnum

The Essential Readings
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-631-22725-0
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 349 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, David Lee

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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).