The English Civil Wars
eBook - ePub

The English Civil Wars

A Beginner's Guide

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The English Civil Wars

A Beginner's Guide

About this book

A king beheaded. A monarchy abolished. And a commoner leading a republic by military rule set in their place. The wars that tore through the country in the mid-seventeenth century – splitting government, communities and families alike – were a true watershed in English history. But how, with Queen Elizabeth I's Golden Age still in living memory, did such a situation arise?Exploring the period's political disputes, religious conflicts and military battles, Patrick Little scrutinizes the nature and practicalities of conducting a civil war on English soil, as well as the experiences and motivations of key factions and combatants. By assessing how the realities of life in England shaped the conflict –and were torn apart by it – this wonderfully readable Beginner's Guide gets to the very heart of how a people came to kill their king.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Map of the English Civil Wars,1642-51
  7. 1 The outbreak of war
  8. 2 'This war without an enemy': the first civil war, 1642-6
  9. 3 The search for settlement, 1646-9
  10. 4 The commonwealth, 1649-51
  11. 5 The armies
  12. 6 The generals
  13. 7 Politics
  14. 8 Religion
  15. 9 War and society
  16. 10 Legacy
  17. Timeline
  18. Further reading
  19. Index