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Book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641

Download or read book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 written by Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland

Download or read book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland written by Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon and published by . This book was released on 1720 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Civil War

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter Ackroyd
  • Publisher : Pan Macmillan
  • Release : 2014-09-25
  • ISBN : 144727170X
  • Pages : 529 pages

Download or read book Civil War written by Peter Ackroyd and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the tumultuous age of Stuart England with Peter Ackroyd's enlightening Civil War. Beginning with James I, the first Scottish king of England, it tracks an era of massive upheaval, ending with the dramatic flight of his grandson, James II, into exile. Civil War transports you to the heart of the 17th-century Britain, where you meet figures like James I with his shrewd perspectives on diverse matters, and Charles I, whose inept rule ignited the flames of the English Civil War. Ackroyd offers a brilliant – warts and all – portrayal of Charles's nemesis Oliver Cromwell, Parliament's great military leader and England's only dictator, who began his career as a political liberator but ended it as much of a despot as the king he executed. Beyond this political turmoil, Ackroyd also explores the rich cultural and literary contributions of the Jacobean era. This was a world where Shakespeare's masterpieces were penned, John Donne weaved his poetry and Thomas Hobbes crafted his philosophical marvel, Leviathan. Most importantly, get a glimpse of the extraordinary lives of common English men and women, their existence seeped in constant disruption and uncertainty. Civil War is a stirring account of a pivotal epoch, making it a must-read for history enthusiasts.

Book God s Fury  England s Fire

Download or read book God s Fury England s Fire written by Michael Braddick and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book The English Civil War

Download or read book The English Civil War written by Diane Purkiss and published by . This book was released on 2009-03-25 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling history of the violent struggle between the monarchy and Parliament that tore apart seventeenth-century England, a rising star among British historians sheds new light on the people who fought and died through those tumultuous years. Drawing on exciting new sources, including letters, memoirs, ballads, plays, illustrations, and even cookbooks, Diane Purkiss creates a rich and nuanced portrait of this turbulent era. The English Civil War’s dramatic consequences-rejecting the divine right monarchy in favor of parliamentary rule-continue to influence our lives, and in this colorful narrative, Purkiss vividly brings to life the history that changed the course of Western government.

Book Baronial Reform and Revolution in England  1258 1267

Download or read book Baronial Reform and Revolution in England 1258 1267 written by Adrian Jobson and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New investigations into a pivotal era of the thirteenth century.

Book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England

Download or read book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England written by Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The English Civil War and After  1642 1658

Download or read book The English Civil War and After 1642 1658 written by Robert Ashton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1970-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All but one of the essays were originally delivered as lectures at Eton College. Includes bibliographies.

Book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England  To which is Added  An Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland

Download or read book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England To which is Added An Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland written by Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Cambridge Companion to Puritanism

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Puritanism written by John Coffey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-09 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Puritan' was originally a term of contempt, and 'Puritanism' has often been stereotyped by critics and admirers alike. As a distinctive and particularly intense variety of early modern Reformed Protestantism, it was a product of acute tensions within the post-Reformation Church of England. But it was never monolithic or purely oppositional, and its impact reverberated far beyond seventeenth-century England and New England. This Companion broadens our understanding of Puritanism, showing how students and scholars might engage with it from new angles and uncover the surprising diversity that fermented beneath its surface. The book explores issues of gender, literature, politics and popular culture in addition to addressing the Puritans' core concerns such as theology and devotional praxis, and coverage extends to Irish, Welsh, Scottish and European versions of Puritanism as well as to English and American practice. It challenges readers to re-evaluate this crucial tradition within its wider social, cultural, political and religious contexts.

Book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England

Download or read book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England written by Edward Hyde of Clarendon and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Civil War of 1812

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alan Taylor
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2011-10-04
  • ISBN : 0679776737
  • Pages : 642 pages

Download or read book The Civil War of 1812 written by Alan Taylor and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early nineteenth century, Britons and Americans renewed their struggle over the legacy of the American Revolution, leading to a second confrontation that redefined North America. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor’s vivid narrative tells the riveting story of the soldiers, immigrants, settlers, and Indians who fought to determine the fate of a continent. Would revolutionary republicanism sweep the British from Canada? Or would the British contain, divide, and ruin the shaky republic? In a world of double identities, slippery allegiances, and porous boundaries, the leaders of the republic and of the empire struggled to control their own diverse peoples. The border divided Americans—former Loyalists and Patriots—who fought on both sides in the new war, as did native peoples defending their homelands. And dissident Americans flirted with secession while aiding the British as smugglers and spies. During the war, both sides struggled to sustain armies in a northern land of immense forests, vast lakes, and stark seasonal swings in the weather. After fighting each other to a standstill, the Americans and the British concluded that they could safely share the continent along a border that favored the United States at the expense of Canadians and Indians. Moving beyond national histories to examine the lives of common men and women, The Civil War of 1812 reveals an often brutal (sometimes comic) war and illuminates the tangled origins of the United States and Canada. Moving beyond national histories to examine the lives of common men and women, The Civil War of 1812 reveals an often brutal (sometimes comic) war and illuminates the tangled origins of the United States and Canada.

Book The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England to which is added an historical view of the affairs of Ireland   on large paper  cm 24

Download or read book The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England to which is added an historical view of the affairs of Ireland on large paper cm 24 written by Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.) and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the Civil War  1861 1865

Download or read book History of the Civil War 1861 1865 written by James Ford Rhodes and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England to which is Added an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland

Download or read book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England to which is Added an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland written by earl of Clarendon Hyde (Edward) and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Shaping the Nation

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  • Author : G. L. Harriss
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 0199211191
  • Pages : 729 pages

Download or read book Shaping the Nation written by G. L. Harriss and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War, the War of the Roses... A succession of dramatic social and political events reshaped England in the period 1360 to 1461. In his lucid and penetrating account of this formative period, Gerald Harriss illuminates a richly varied society, as chronicled in The Canterbury Tales, and examines its developing sense of national identity.

Book Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War

Download or read book Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War written by H. W. Crocker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-10-21 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War is a joyful, myth-busting, rebel yell that shatters today’s Leftist and demeaning stereotypes about the South and the Civil War.