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The Origins of the English Civil War

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Part of the book series: Problems in Focus (PFS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Conrad Russell
      Pages 1-31
  3. Section One

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
    2. The Government: Its Role and Its Aims

      • Michael Hawkins
      Pages 35-65
    3. Parliament and the King’s Finances

      • Conrad Russell
      Pages 91-116
  4. Section Two

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
    2. Puritanism, Arminianism and Counter-Revolution

      • Nicholas Tyacke
      Pages 119-143
    3. Fear of Popery

      • Robin Clifton
      Pages 144-167
  5. Section Three

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
    2. Economic Issues and Ideologies

      • Penelope Corfield
      Pages 197-218
    3. England and Europe: A Common Malady?

      • J. H. Elliott
      Pages 246-257
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 258-286

About this book

This volume in the 'Problems in Focus' series provides a concise summary of arguments about the causes of the English Civil War, and of the present state of historical research in this field.

The nine contributors, experts in the subject they write on, cover such issues as: whether there was any economic clash between the two sides in the Civil War; whether they represented two conflicting cultures; whether the issues involved were European or purely English; whether there is any connection between Puritanism and revolution; and what was involved in the fear of Popery. In many areas this integrated collection of original studies breaks new ground, and brings the student up to date with current research, much of it published here for the first time. It concentrates on central themes of debate for which clarification is most useful to students. Though primarily intended for historians, its treatment of social and cultural factors makes it useful to interdisciplinary studies and to students of literature and society in the seventeenth century.

About the authors

CONRAD RUSSELL is Lecturer in History, Bedford College, University of London. His publications include The Crisis of Parliaments - History of England 1509-1660, in the Shorter Oxford History of the Modern World.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Origins of the English Civil War

  • Editors: Conrad Russell

  • Series Title: Problems in Focus

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15496-8

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Conrad Russell, Michael Hawkins, L. M. Hill, Nicholas Tyacke, Robin Clifton, P. W. Thomas, Penelope Corfield, M. J. Mendle, J. H. Elliott 1973

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-12399-7Due: 17 May 1973

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 296

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland