The English Revolution 1642-1649
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Beschreibung
The English Civil Wars and Revolution remain controversial. This book develops the theme that the Revolution, arising from the three separate rebellions, was an English phenomenon exported to Ireland and then to Scotland. Dr Kennedy examines the widespread effects of years of bloody and unnatural civil wars upon the British Isles. He also explores the symbolism of Charles I's execution, the 'great debates' about the proper limits of the King's authority and the 'great divide' in English politics which makes neutral writing about this period impossible. Taking into account the radical exigencies and expectations of war and peace-making, the discordant testimonies from battlefield and bargaining table, Parliament, press and pulpit, Dr Kennedy provides a full analysis of the English experience of revolution.
A lively account of the period drawing on detailed scholarly research by the author and others in the field
Covers a topic included in the new A Level syllabus and much studied at tertiary level
Has contemporary resonance in the light of recent reforms of hereditary privilege
Autor*in
D.E. Kennedy