Recollection in the Republics - Memories of the British Civil Wars in England, 1649-1659

Recollection in the Republics provides the first comprehensive study of the ways Britain's Civil Wars were remembered in the decade between the regicide and the restoration.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Republican Recollections


• 2: Rival Recollections


• 3: Memories in Everyday Discourse


• 4: Places of Memory


• 5: Narratives of War


• Conclusion

About the author

Dr Imogen Peck is a historian of early modern Britain, with particular research interests in memory, civil war, and post-conflict societies, and the mental afterlife of political and religious upheaval more broadly. She has held teaching posts at the Universities of Bristol and Warwick. She is currently a Research Fellow and Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Centre for Arts, Memory, and Communities at Coventry University. She has published articles in Northern History, Historical Research, and several edited collections.

Summary

Recollection in the Republics provides the first comprehensive study of the ways Britain's Civil Wars were remembered in the decade between the regicide and the restoration.

Additional text

It is an important contribution to debates about the nature of early modern memory, its relation to the present, and the challenges facing any post-conflict society.

Product details

• Authors: Imogen Peck, Imogen (Research Fellow Peck
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2021
• EAN: 9780198845584
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884558-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; England, European History, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, C 1600 To C 1700, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), English Civil War, Civil wars