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Author: John Terry Zeller Publisher: ISBN: Category : Great Britain Languages : en Pages : 408
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"This dissertation is the result of my efforts to discover the nature of anti-war sentiment during the years 1642 to 1648. It should be made clear from the outset that mine is not a statistical or quantitative study; it has not been my purpose to count pacifists or neutralists in an effort to document the size of the anti-war movement during the Civil War. My concern has been primarily to learn why people opposed the war ... Manifestations of anti-war sentiment, either in word or in deed, are numerous, varied, and persistent during the six years of civil turmoil in England. Seventeenth-century Englishmen were vocal in their opposition to the scourge of war. In some instances this hostility took the form of pamphlets and short books against the war in general or more particularly against civil wars. The range of this anti-war literature runs the gamut from scholarly, if not pedantic, treatises to the rather inarticulate mutterings of young apprentices and outraged housewives. Elements of nearly every socio-economic class are represented among those who in some manner express their opposition to the war. Their attitudes often mirror their own narrow interests, rise sometimes to concern for the commonweal, but rarely express any philosophical objection to war. The anti-war activity includes nearly everything from mere attempts to remain quiet and unnoticed to organized and very vocal peace demonstrations. Among the most persistent anti-war devices are the presentation of petitions to both sides appealing to them to reach a settlement. All manner of propositions and plans were submitted to the King and to parliament for arriving at a peaceful accord. While the efforts at pacification of the nation never died away completely during the war, there were times when such activity was more intense"--Introduction.
Author: John Terry Zeller Publisher: ISBN: Category : Great Britain Languages : en Pages : 408
Book Description
"This dissertation is the result of my efforts to discover the nature of anti-war sentiment during the years 1642 to 1648. It should be made clear from the outset that mine is not a statistical or quantitative study; it has not been my purpose to count pacifists or neutralists in an effort to document the size of the anti-war movement during the Civil War. My concern has been primarily to learn why people opposed the war ... Manifestations of anti-war sentiment, either in word or in deed, are numerous, varied, and persistent during the six years of civil turmoil in England. Seventeenth-century Englishmen were vocal in their opposition to the scourge of war. In some instances this hostility took the form of pamphlets and short books against the war in general or more particularly against civil wars. The range of this anti-war literature runs the gamut from scholarly, if not pedantic, treatises to the rather inarticulate mutterings of young apprentices and outraged housewives. Elements of nearly every socio-economic class are represented among those who in some manner express their opposition to the war. Their attitudes often mirror their own narrow interests, rise sometimes to concern for the commonweal, but rarely express any philosophical objection to war. The anti-war activity includes nearly everything from mere attempts to remain quiet and unnoticed to organized and very vocal peace demonstrations. Among the most persistent anti-war devices are the presentation of petitions to both sides appealing to them to reach a settlement. All manner of propositions and plans were submitted to the King and to parliament for arriving at a peaceful accord. While the efforts at pacification of the nation never died away completely during the war, there were times when such activity was more intense"--Introduction.
Author: Richard Cust Publisher: Hodder Education ISBN: 9780340631737 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 369
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Under the influence of "revisionist" writings the history of the English Civil War has splintered. This is not to say that there was once consensus on how the revolution should be characterized or interpreted, but revisionism has now carved out different aspects of historical experience--such as economic, social, political, religious, and cultural--that once tended to be bound together. This book does not attempt to turn back the clock, nor to recreate what was undoubtedly in part a false coherence. But it does in fact suggest ways in which some of the starker discontinuities should be challenged. The editors maintain that reconnections should be made regarding the causes, course, and impact of the Civil War, and the pieces in this book aim to do so without without losing sight of the complexity of the issues at hand. Moreover, these articles afford some of the most stimulating writing on this topic to appear in the last twenty-five years.
Author: Simon Jenkins Publisher: PublicAffairs ISBN: 1610391438 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 385
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The heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters of English history are instantly familiar -- from the Norman Conquest to Henry VIII, Queen Victoria to the two World Wars. But to understand their full significance we need to know the whole story. A Short History of England sheds new light on all the key individuals and events in English history by bringing them together in an enlightening account of the country's birth, rise to global prominence, and then partial eclipse. Written with flair and authority by Guardian columnist and London Times former editor Simon Jenkins, this is the definitive narrative of how today's England came to be. Concise but comprehensive, with more than a hundred color illustrations, this beautiful single-volume history will be the standard work for years to come.
Author: Laurent Curelly Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 1527500632 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 280
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This book explores the content of The Moderate, a radical newspaper of the British Civil Wars published in the pivotal years 1648-9. This newsbook, as newspapers were then known, is commonly associated with the Leveller movement, a radical political group that promoted a democratic form of government. While valuable studies have been published on the history of seventeenth-century English periodicals, as well as on the interaction between these newspapers and print culture at large, very little has been written on individual newspapers. This book fills a void: it provides an in-depth investigation of the news printed in The Moderate, with reference to other newspapers and to the larger historical context, and captures the essence of this periodical, seen both as a political publication and a commercial product. This book will be of interest to early-modern historians and literary scholars.
Author: Michael Braddick Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141926511 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 784
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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.
Author: Lawrence Stone Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351732595 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 241
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Dividing the nation and causing massive political change, the English Civil War remains one of the most decisive and dramatic conflicts of English history. Lawrence Stone's account of the factors leading up to the deposition of Charles I in 1642 is widely regarded as a classic in the field. Brilliantly synthesising the historical, political and sociological interpretations of the seventeeth century, Stone explores theories of revolution and traces the social and economic change that led to this period of instability. The picture that emerges is one where historical interpretation is enriched but not determined by grand theories in the social sciences and, as Stone elegantly argues, one where the upheavals of the seventeenth century are central to the very story of modernity. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by Clare Jackson, Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
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