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Informationen zum Autor HOWARD TOMLINSON is Headmaster at Hereford Cathedral School. DAVID GREGG is Head of Economics and Politics, Bradfield College. Klappentext Politics, Religion and Society in Revolutionary England 1640-1660 goes beneath the surface of English society in the turbulent years of civil war and interregnum. The authors draw upon a fascinating array of contemporary writings to provide revealing insights into the motivation of those who shaped English history in these crucial years. All the important legislation is included, but also details from personal memoirs, letters and diaries, not to mention the work of radical pamphleteers in the 1640's and 1650's. The authors address the issues which remain unresolved today - the resort to arms and the objectives of the protoganists; the divisions within parliamentary factions and in the army, the emergence of revolutionary religious and political ideas, the trial and execution of Charles I, the consolidation of a new system of government in the Commonwealth and the subsequent establishment of Cromwell's Protectorate, relations between England and Europe are this period, and the demise of the republican experiment with the restoration of monarchy after Cromwell's death. Specimen questions on each set of documents make this volume particulary useful for students of this period, but in reality the authors have produced a work which will stimulate specialist and non-specialist readers alike. This book will cause renewed reflection on the nature of the historical events of the English Revolution. Zusammenfassung A study of English government and society under the rule of Oliver Cromwell! examining some important events leading up to military conflict and the execution of King Charles I! such as the resurgence of Loyalism! the Parliamentary Army and the influence of the Puritan religion on government. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements.- General Editor's Preface.- Introduction.- PART 1: THE LONG PARLIAMENT, 1640-1641.- PART 2: WAR PRELIMINARIES, 1642.- PART 3: MILITARY CONFLICT AND THE PARLIAMENTARY ARMY.- PART 4: THE QUEST FOR LIBERTY.- PART 5: TOWARDS A NEW MODEL OF GOVERNMENT: THE COMMONWEALTH.- PART 6: THE SEARCH FOR A PERFECT SOCIETY.- PART 7: THE PURITAN STATE AND THE WORLD.- PART 8: TOWARDS A NEW MODEL OF GOVERNMENT: THE PROTECTORATE.- PART 9: THE END OF THE EXPERIMENT, 1658-1660....
