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The English Revolution 1642-1649

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. D. E. Kennedy
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  • 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

Part of the book series: British History in Perspective (BHP)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • D. E. Kennedy
    Pages 1-9

  3. The War for King and Parliament, 1642–6

    • D. E. Kennedy
    Pages 10-46

  4. Interregnum, 1646–7

    • D. E. Kennedy
    Pages 47-63

  5. The Army in Debate

    • D. E. Kennedy
    Pages 64-89

  6. The Second Civil War

    • D. E. Kennedy
    Pages 90-115

  7. Regicide and Republic, January–March 1649

    • D. E. Kennedy
    Pages 116-140

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 141-171
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About this book

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.

About the author

D. E. KENNEDY is Associate Professor of History and Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia.

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