Author: Barbara Donagan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199565708
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Drawing extensively on primary sources, and with the focus on examining what the war was like to live through - for example the living conditions for soldiers, the conduct of war, etc. - this study illuminates the human cost of war and its effect on society, both in our own day as well as in the 17th century.
War in England 1642-1649
Author: Barbara Donagan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199565708
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Drawing extensively on primary sources, and with the focus on examining what the war was like to live through - for example the living conditions for soldiers, the conduct of war, etc. - this study illuminates the human cost of war and its effect on society, both in our own day as well as in the 17th century.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199565708
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Drawing extensively on primary sources, and with the focus on examining what the war was like to live through - for example the living conditions for soldiers, the conduct of war, etc. - this study illuminates the human cost of war and its effect on society, both in our own day as well as in the 17th century.
God's Fury, England's Fire
Author: Michael Braddick
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141926511
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
The sequence of civil wars that ripped England apart in the seventeenth century was the single most traumatic event in this country between the medieval Black Death and the two world wars. Indeed, it is likely that a greater percentage of the population were killed in the civil wars than in the First World War. This sense of overwhelming trauma gives this major new history its title: God’s Fury, England’s Fire. The name of a pamphlet written after the king’s surrender, it sums up the widespread feeling within England that the seemingly endless nightmare that had destroyed families, towns and livelihoods was ordained by a vengeful God – that the people of England had sinned and were now being punished. As with all civil wars, however, ‘God’s fury’ could support or destroy either side in the conflict. Was God angry at Charles I for failing to support the true, protestant, religion and refusing to work with Parliament? Or was God angry with those who had dared challenge His anointed Sovereign? Michael Braddick’s remarkable book gives the reader a vivid and enduring sense both of what it was like to live through events of uncontrollable violence and what really animated the different sides. The killing of Charles I and the declaration of a republic – events which even now seem in an English context utterly astounding – were by no means the only outcomes, and Braddick brilliantly describes the twists and turns that led to the most radical solutions of all to the country’s political implosion. He also describes very effectively the influence of events in Scotland, Ireland and the European mainland on the conflict in England. God’s Fury, England’s Fire allows readers to understand once more the events that have so fundamentally marked this country and which still resonate centuries after their bloody ending.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141926511
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
The sequence of civil wars that ripped England apart in the seventeenth century was the single most traumatic event in this country between the medieval Black Death and the two world wars. Indeed, it is likely that a greater percentage of the population were killed in the civil wars than in the First World War. This sense of overwhelming trauma gives this major new history its title: God’s Fury, England’s Fire. The name of a pamphlet written after the king’s surrender, it sums up the widespread feeling within England that the seemingly endless nightmare that had destroyed families, towns and livelihoods was ordained by a vengeful God – that the people of England had sinned and were now being punished. As with all civil wars, however, ‘God’s fury’ could support or destroy either side in the conflict. Was God angry at Charles I for failing to support the true, protestant, religion and refusing to work with Parliament? Or was God angry with those who had dared challenge His anointed Sovereign? Michael Braddick’s remarkable book gives the reader a vivid and enduring sense both of what it was like to live through events of uncontrollable violence and what really animated the different sides. The killing of Charles I and the declaration of a republic – events which even now seem in an English context utterly astounding – were by no means the only outcomes, and Braddick brilliantly describes the twists and turns that led to the most radical solutions of all to the country’s political implosion. He also describes very effectively the influence of events in Scotland, Ireland and the European mainland on the conflict in England. God’s Fury, England’s Fire allows readers to understand once more the events that have so fundamentally marked this country and which still resonate centuries after their bloody ending.
A Military History of the English Civil War
Author: Malcolm Wanklyn
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317868390
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
A Military History of the English Civil War examines how the civil war was won, who fought for whom, and why it ended. With a straightforward style and clear chronology that enables readers to make their own judgements and pursue their own interests further, this original history provides a thorough critique of the reasons that have been cited for Parliament's victory and the King's defeat in 1645/46. It discusses the strategic options of the Parliamentary and Royalist commanders and councils of war and analyses the decisions they made, arguing that the King’s faulty command structure was more responsible for his defeat than Sir Thomas Fairfax's strategic flair. It also argues that the way that resources were used, rather than the resources themselves, explain why the war ended when it did.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317868390
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
A Military History of the English Civil War examines how the civil war was won, who fought for whom, and why it ended. With a straightforward style and clear chronology that enables readers to make their own judgements and pursue their own interests further, this original history provides a thorough critique of the reasons that have been cited for Parliament's victory and the King's defeat in 1645/46. It discusses the strategic options of the Parliamentary and Royalist commanders and councils of war and analyses the decisions they made, arguing that the King’s faulty command structure was more responsible for his defeat than Sir Thomas Fairfax's strategic flair. It also argues that the way that resources were used, rather than the resources themselves, explain why the war ended when it did.
Battles in Britain and Their Political Background: 1642-1746
Author: William Seymour
Publisher:
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Category : Battles
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Category : Battles
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Frederick the Great on Kingcraft
Author: Sir James William Whittall
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Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, C.1640-1649
Author: David L. Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521893398
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
An investigation into the 'Constitutional royalists' and their role in the English Revolution.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521893398
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
An investigation into the 'Constitutional royalists' and their role in the English Revolution.
The Athenaeum
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Languages : en
Pages : 948
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Languages : en
Pages : 948
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Catalogue of Books in the Legislative Library of the Province of Ontario on November 1, 1912
Author: Ontario. Legislative Library
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 942
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 942
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A Catalogue of ... [books] ...
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 954
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Languages : en
Pages : 954
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