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The
Furie of the Ordnance Artillery in the English Civil Wars Stephen Bull Shows how new developments in guns and artillery played a decisive role in the English Civil War. |
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John
Goodwin and the Puritan Revolution
(Hardback) Religion and Intellectual Change in Seventeenth-Century England John Coffey A major contribution to our understanding of the English Revolution. Ann Hughes, Professor of Early Modern History, Keele University. |
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John
Goodwin and the Puritan Revolution
(print on demand paperback) Religion and Intellectual Change in Seventeenth-Century England John Coffey A major contribution to our understanding of the English Revolution. Ann Hughes, Professor of Early Modern History, Keele University. |
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Henry
Ireton and the English Revolution
David Farr A devout puritan, Henry Ireton was an immediate parliamentarian activist rising to the rank of Commissary-General of the New Model Army. Ireton shared Oliver Cromwell's religious enthusiasm and acted as one of his political mentors. |
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The Cromwellian Protectorate
Edited by Patrick Little The neglected period of the Protectorate is reviewed and reassessed in this stimulating collection. |
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British Basket-Hilted Swords Cyril Mabank A descriptive catalogue of this classic, instantly recognisable British sword-type with a 500-year history stretching from the Wars of the Roses to the early Twentieth century. Remarkable. The best book on British swords to be published for over a generation. CLASSIC ARMS & MILITARIA |
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Thomas Rainborowe (c.1610-1648): Civil
War Seaman, Siegemaster and Radical Whitney R.D. Jones The first full-length study of this remarkable Parliamentary soldier and radical spokesman. An infantry colonel, he became a pre-eminent siegemaster despite a temporary fall from grace after the Leveller-inspired Ware mutiny. Particularly good in explaining Rainborowe's combination of military expertise on sea and on land.... Also has much valuable information about the role of the infantry in the war and about siege warfare. CROMWELLIANA |
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John Lambert,
Parliamentary Soldier and Cromwellian Major-General, 1619-1684 David Farr A successful cavalry commander and political soldier in the Civil Wars, a creator of the Protectorate and its constitution, and an implacable obstacle to the coronation of Cromwell, John Lambert was a man of such importance it is hard to believe he has, until now, been so overlooked. |
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Lord Broghill
and the Cromwellian Union with Ireland and Scotland Patrick Little A re-evaluation of the career of Lord Broghill, the most prominent Protestant in Ireland, trusted lieutenant of Cromwell and, briefly, president of Scotland. Though for a long time a man of considerable political significance, Broghill’s influence waned after the failure of his attempts to have Cromwell crowned. |
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Puritan
Iconoclasm during the English Civil War Julie Spraggon An examination of Puritan iconoclasm, the reasons which led to it, and the forces which sustained it. Shortlisted for Historians of British Art Book Prize for 2003. A balanced, well-written and thoroughly researched account of an important element of the Puritan campaign to reform religious life in revolutionary England.... A very good book. HISTORY |
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The Memoirs and
Memorials of Sir Hugh Cholmley of Whitby, 1600-1657 Edited by Jack Binns MP and militia officer, Cholmley held Scarborough’s harbour and castle for Parliament before controversially defecting to the Royalist cause. Includes his autobiography and remarkable Civil War essays. Adds significantly to the small number of personal records that have come down to us of what it was like to live through the Civil Wars. TLS |
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The Diary of
Samuel Rogers, 1634-1638 Edited by Tom Webster and Kennith Shipps Rogers's diary offers a direct and personal expression of the meaning of English Puritanism on the eve of the civil war. A fascinating document. THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST |
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1659: The Crisis
of the Commonwealth Ruth E. Mayers An examination of the restored Commonwealth, which argues that it was actually far from the unpopular and chaotic failure it’s so often held to have been. An enterprising revision of the prevailing historiography of the revised Commonwealth of 1659-60. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW |
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The Cult of King
Charles the Martyr Andrew Lacey The first study solely devoted to discussing the development, establishment and eventual disintegration of the Cult of King Charles the Martyr, that belief which saw him as a suffering, innocent king forced to meet his own Christ-like fate at the hands of the Parliamentarians. Should be read by anyone interested in royal culture and its evolution over time. HISTORICAL JOURNAL |
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