Counter-revolution : the second civil war and its origins, 1646-8
For all the vast literature on the English Revolution, the Second Civil War has been largely neglected. This work provides a detailed account of the period from the end of the First Civil War in 1646 to late 1648, on the eve of the trial and execution of Charles I.
XXI, 521 p. 25 cm
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Part 1 The failure of settlement, June 1646-February 1648: the Newcastle propositions, June 1646-7; alternative quests for settlement from June to September 1647; from the king's flight from Hampton Court to the declaration on the vote of no addresses, November 1647-February 1648. Part 2 Disillusionment and alienation - no peace dividend: the sour fruits of victory; the army and assessments; the problem of free quarter; fiscal innovation - the excise. Part 3 Disillusionment and alienation - revolutionary illegality: fundamental law set at nought; committee tyranny; committees to control committees; county committees and the Second Civil War; champions of legality - two case studies. Part 4 Petitions and politics: modi operandi; petitioning no remedy?; petitioning the army; petitioning campaigns of 1646-7; petitioning campaigns of 1648. Part 5 The army and counter-revolution: a brutal, licentious and sectarian soldiery; a passing scare - the army and the revival of Royalism; the army, the 11 members, and the seven peers; the army and the City of London. Part 6 The revival of Royalism: varieties of Royalism; popular sympathy for the king; Royalist infiltration of office; Royalist litigation thwarted. Part 7 The survival of Anglicanism: Prayer Book versus directory of worship; Sabbath breaking and Christmas observance; revulsion from sectarian excesses; Anglican resistance - denial of entry and withholding of tithes; Anglican resistance; reintrusion and patronage. Part 8 Presbyterians and Royalists: fluctuating Presbyterian fortunes to August 1647; a bastion to Presbyterianism - the City of London to August 1647; Presbyteriansim in eclipse, August 1647 to June 1648; Presbyterianism and the Second Civil War; quiescence rewarded and hopes unfulfilled. Part 9 Presbyterians and engagers: the parting of allies; the origins of the engagement; the struggle for the engagement; the Kirk triumphant. Part 10 Premonitory plots and outbursts: rumours of war; Wales and the marches; metropolitan disburbances; the south of England and the west country; the north of England and the border; the east of England. Part 11 Reformadoes and turncoats: the creation of a counter-revolutionary force in 1647; the problem of the reformadoes; some prominent reformadoes; changing sides. Part 12 The Second Civil War in perspective: failures of strategy and co-ordination; the naval revolt and insurgent strategic options; insurgent war aims; insurgent recruitment and mobilization; under insurgent rule - two case studies. Part 13 Conclusion.