Cromwell's Navy: The Fleet and the English Revolution, 1648-1660

ISBN-13: 9780198201151 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 432 str.

Bernard Capp

Opis

In this book Capp explores the nature and role of the navy during the English Revolution. After the king's execution in 1649, the navy's leadership was drastically remodelled, with republican and Puritan outsiders being brought into key positions. Capp examines the fleet's part in the political history of the period, both domestic and international, and its intervention in the critical months before the Restoration. He also surveys the navy's social life--the characteristics of the officers and seamen, volunteers and the press gang, as well as the mental world of the 17th-century mariner.

Recenzje

'This book has reclaimed the navy from the specialist naval historians and will do much to integrate it into future discussions about the development of radicalism during the civil war and its continuation during the Commonwealth. Capp demonstrates convincingly that the navy played a crucial part in the events of 1659 and early 1660.' Anne Laurence, The Open University, History, No. 246, Feb 1991

Spis treści

Introduction; Part 1: The revolt of 1648; The Navy New-Modelled; Gunboat Diplomacy and War, 1652-1660; Politics and the Navy, 1649-1658; Part 2: Naval Officers: A Social Profile; The Floating Commonwealth; Manning the Fleet; Saints Afloat? Religion in the Fleet; Part 3: The Navy and the Restoration; The Legacy of the Commonwealth; Conclusion; Sources; Notes.