Revisionism has had a far-reaching impact upon the history of politics and religion in early Stuart Britain. The essays collected here were originally published in 2002, and set out to assess this impact and develop further some of the central themes highlighted in the work of the historian Conrad Russell, and address a series of themes arising out of recent debates on the causes of the English Civil War. The subject-matter ranges from high-political narrative to the study of rumour, gossip, and print culture. Topics covered include the character of Charles I's kingship, the place of Parliament in the political system, the divisive legacy of the English Reformation, and the problems posed by trying to unite England with Scotland and Ireland. The collection will interest readers concerned with the political and religious history, and also the literature, of early seventeenth-century Britain.
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Review of the hardback: ' remarkable and unusual tribute to a great historian ' History Review of the hardback: ' a beautiful piece of historical narrative this volume not only acknowledges Conrad Russell's influence on those now working in early Stuart studies, it also demonstrates the continuing fecundity of early Stuart Britain as a field of historical research.' Royal Stuart Review
Papildus informācija
A collection of essays addressing recent debates on the causes of the English Civil War.
Revisionism and its legacies: the work of Conrad Russell Thomas
Cogswell, Richard Cust and Peter Lake; Part I. Politics:
1. Puritan
politicians and King James VI and I, 15871604 Nicholas Tyacke;
2. The
sacred, the profane and the Union: politics of sermon and masque at the court
wedding of Lord and Lady Hay Lori Anne Ferrell;
3. Capital life: Members of
Parliament outside the House Pauline Croft;
4. The personal rule of James I,
161120 Andrew Thrush;
5. Profiting from misfortune: corruption and the
Admiralty under the early Stuarts David D. Hebb;
6. Negotiating grace Cynthia
Herrup; Part II. Religion:
7. The pastoral tightrope: a Puritan pedagogue in
Jacobean London Julia F. Merritt;
8. The creation of Laudianism: a new
approach Anthony Milton;
9. Provincial preaching and allegiance in the first
English Civil War Jacqueline Eales; Part III. Popularity:
10. The people's
love: the Duke of Buckingham and popularity Thomas Cogswell;
11. Charles I
and popularity Richard Cust;
12. Puritans, popularity and petitions: local
politics in national context: Cheshire 1641 Peter Lake; A bibliography of the
principal published writings of Conrad Russell, 19622002 Richard Cust and
Elizabeth Russell.
Thomas Cogswell is Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside. His publications include The Blessed Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 1989). Richard Cust is Senior Lecturer in Modern History, University of Birmingham. His publications include The Forced Loan and English Politics 1626-8 (Oxford University Press,1987). Peter Lake is Professor of History, Princeton University. He is the author of Moderate Puritans and the Elizabethan Church (1982), Anglicans and Puritans (1988, The Boxmakers Revenge (2001 and Protestants, Papists and Players in Reformation England (forthcoming from Yale University Press, 2002).
