Author: Thomas MalbonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Memorials of the Civil War in Cheshire and the Adjacent Counties by Thomas Malbon, of Nantwich, Eng., Gent., and Providence Improved, by Edward Burghall, Vicar of Acton, Near Nantwich
Author: Thomas MalbonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Turncoats and Renegadoes
Author: Andrew HopperPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191639346
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Turncoats and Renegadoes is the first dedicated study of the practice of changing sides during the English Civil Wars. It examines the extent and significance of side-changing in England and Wales but also includes comparative material from Scotland and Ireland. The first half identifies side-changers among peers, MPs, army officers, and common soldiers, before reconstructing the chronological and regional patterns to their defections. The second half delivers a cultural history of treachery, by adopting a thematic approach to explore the social and cultural implications of defections, and demonstrating how notions of what constituted a turncoat were culturally constructed. Side-changing came to dominate strategy on both sides at the highest levels. Both sides reviled, yet sought to take advantage of the practice, whilst allegations of treachery came to dominate the internal politics of royalists and parliamentarians alike. The language applied to 'turncoats and renegadoes' in contemporary print is discussed and contrasted with the self-justifications of the side-changers themselves as they sought to shape an honourable self-image for their families and posterity. Andrew Hopper investigates the implementation of military justice, along with the theatre of retribution surrounding the trial and execution of turncoats. He concludes by arguing that, far from side-changing being the dubious practice of a handful of aberrant individuals, it became a necessary survival strategy for thousands as they navigated their way through such rapidly changing events. He reveals how side-changing shaped the course of the English Revolution, even contributing to the regicide itself, and remained an important political legacy to the English speaking peoples thereafter.
The Massacre in History
Author: Mark LevenePublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571819345
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The role of massacre in history has been given little focused attention either by historians or academics in related fields. This is surprising as its prevalence and persistence surely demands that it should be a subject of serious and systematic exploration. What exactly is a massacre? When - and why - does it happen? Is there a cultural, as well as political framework within which it occurs? How do human societies respond to it? What are its social and economic repercussions? Are massacres catalysts for change or are they part of the continuity of the human saga? These are just some of the questions the authors address in this important volume. Chronologically and geographically broad in scope, The Massacre in History provides in-depth analysis of particular massacres and themes associated with them from the 11th century to the present. Specific attention is paid to 15th century Christian-Jewish relations in Spain, the St. Batholemew's Day massacre, England and Ireland in the civil war era, the 19th century Caucasus, the rape of Nanking in 1937 and the Second World War origins of the Serb-Croat conflict. The book explores the subject of massacre from a variety of perspectives - its relationship to politics, culture, religion and society, its connection to ethnic cleansing and genocide, and its role in gender terms and in relation to the extermination of animals. The historians provide evidence to suggest that the "massacre" is often central to the course of human development and societal change.
Cheshire Including Chester
Author: Lawrence M. ClopperPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802093264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1466
Book Description
The Records of Early English Drama (REED) series aims to establish the context for the great drama of Britain's past by examining material related to drama, secular music, and other communal entertainment and ceremony from the Middle Ages until the mid-seventeenth century. This latest volume in the series is a collection of documentary evidence for dramatic performance, minstrelsy, and civic ceremony in Cheshire to 1642. Editors Elizabeth Baldwin and David Mills have provided introductions detailing the historical background and significance of the documents presented, as well as a full apparatus of document descriptions, explanatory and textual notes and glossaries. Cheshire completes the series of REED volumes on the West of England, and incorporates an updated version of the early Chester volume, as well as providing extensive new material on the county of Cheshire as a whole, making it an essential addition to this much-admired series.
Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester
Author: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire
Author: The Register Book of Christenings, Weddings, and Burials, Within the Parish of Leyland
Author: Leyland, England (Parish)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leyland (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Lancashire History
Author: Publisher: Manchester : Joint Committee on the Lancashire Bibliography
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publications̈
Author: Record Society of Lancashire and CheshirePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Includes the society's Report