Reactions to the English Civil War, 1642-1649
Author : John Stephen Morrill
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 28,80 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780312664435
Author : John Stephen Morrill
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 28,80 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780312664435
Author : J. S. Morrill
Publisher : Palgrave
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 24,79 MB
Release : 1982-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780333275665
Author : J. S. Morrill
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 26,18 MB
Release : 1982-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1349169110
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Author : Barbara Donagan
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 23,37 MB
Release : 2010-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0191614173
A fresh approach to the English civil war, War in England 1642-1649 focuses on answering a misleadingly simple question: what kind of war was it to live through? Eschewing descriptions of specific battles or analyses of political and religious developments, Barbara Donagan examines the 'texture' of war, addressing questions such as: what did Englishmen and women believe about war and know about its practice before 1642? What were the conditions in which a soldier fought - for example, how efficient was his musket (not very), and how did he know where he was going (much depended on the reliability of scouts and spies)? What were the rules that were supposed to govern conduct in war, and how were they enforced (by a combination of professional peer pressure and severe but discretionary army discipline and courts martial)? What were the officers and men of the armies like, and how well did they fight? The book deals even-handedly with royalists and parliamentarians, examining how much they had in common, as well as discussing the points on which they differed. It looks at the intimacy of this often uncivil war, in which enemies fought at close quarters, spoke the same language and had often been acquainted before the war began, just as they had often known the civilians who suffered their presence. A final section on two sieges illustrates these themes in practice over extended periods, and also demonstrates the integration of military and civilian experience in a civil war. Drawing extensively on primary sources, Donagan's study illuminates the human cost of war and its effect on society, both in our own day as well as in the seventeenth century.
Author : Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Publisher :
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 44,6 MB
Release : 1889
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : Malcolm Wanklyn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 13,36 MB
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1317868390
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.
Author : Christopher Hibbert
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 46,57 MB
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0007394713
This social as well as a military history recreates the scenes of civil war in England, between 1642 and 1649.
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Page : pages
File Size : 43,49 MB
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Author : Anthony Fletcher
Publisher : London : E. Arnold
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 46,73 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780713163209
Author : D.E. Kennedy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 35,24 MB
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 033398420X
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.