Cromwell's House of Lords - Politics, Parliaments and Constitutional Revolution, 1642-1660

The final years of the Cromwellian Protectorate are usually written off as a brief interlude on the inevitable road to Restoration. This book galvanises this forgotten period of Interregnum studies by providing the first thoroughstudy of the Cromwellian 'Other House' - a new upper parliamentary chamber of nominated life peers created in 1657.

List of contents

Introduction
Parliamentarian Thought and the Abolition of the House of Lords, 1642-49
Oliver Cromwell, the Other House and the Humble Petition and Advice
The Membership of the Other House
The Other House and the Second Session of the Second Protectorate Parliament
Richard Cromwell, the Third Protectorate Parliament and the Other House Debates
The Other House, the Army and the Search for a Settlement
Conclusion
Appendix: The Membership of the Other House
Bibliography

About the author

Jonathan Fitzgibbons

Summary

The final years of the Cromwellian Protectorate are usually written off as a brief interlude on the inevitable road to Restoration. This book galvanises this forgotten period of Interregnum studies by providing the first thoroughstudy of the Cromwellian 'Other House' - a new upper parliamentary chamber of nominated life peers created in 1657.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Fitzgibbons, Jonathan (Author) Fitzgibbons
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781783272471
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-247-1
• No. of pages: 285
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 576 g
• Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History; Studies in Early Modern Cultur; Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History; Studies in Early Modern Cultur
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Political science