The English Civil War and After, 1642-1658In this volume seven distinguished British scholars present their current thinking on the complex issues of the Great Rebellion of the seventeenth century. Commissioned for presentation at Eton College, the essays offer a fresh distillation of important recent scholarship on the Civil War and its aftermath. |
Contents
The Rebels of 1642 | 22 |
The Trial of Charles I | 41 |
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Saints | 59 |
Swordsmen and Decimators Cromwells MajorGenerals | 78 |
The Civil War and the Class Struggle | 93 |
Interest Public Private and Communal III | 111 |
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