The English Civil Wars - 1640-1660

Zusatztext An exemplary piece of popular history... opening up perhaps the most important national story to the nation! passionately retold yet unadorned ... If you want to be informed about that unfortunate period of English history! Blair Worden's crisp 160-pager may well be the best place to start Informationen zum Autor Blair Worden is a historian, among the leading authorities on the period of the English Civil War. He has taught at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Sussex and Chicago. After a period as a Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he took up a position as a Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. As of 2011 he is an Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall. Klappentext A brilliant appraisal of the Civil War and its long-term consequences, by an acclaimed historian. The political upheaval of the mid-seventeenth century has no parallel in English history. Other events have changed the occupancy and the powers of the throne, but the conflict of 1640-60 was more dramatic: the monarchy and the House of Lords were abolished, to be replaced by a republic and military rule. In this wonderfully readable account, Blair Worden explores the events of this period and their origins - the war between King and Parliament, the execution of Charles I, Cromwell's rule and the Restoration - while aiming to reveal something more elusive: the motivations of contemporaries on both sides and the concerns of later generations.A brilliant appraisal of the Civil War and its long-term consequences, by an acclaimed historian. Zusammenfassung A brilliant appraisal of the Civil War and its long-term consequences, by an acclaimed historian.

Product details

• Authors: Blair Worden
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.01.2010
• EAN: 9780753826911
• ISBN: 978-0-7538-2691-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, 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, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Civil wars, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800), HISTORY / Military / Civil Wars