The British Revolution, 1629-60

ISBN-13: 9780333597507 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 337 str.

Allan I. Macinnes

Opis

Opposition to the Stuarts as an imperial dynasty led to revolution in all three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland that shaped different perceptions of Britain. Allan Macinnes' wider contextualizing of a British revolution--which challenges the anglocentric dominance of British History--takes account of apocalyptic visions, baronial politics and commercial networks as well as confessional allegiances, representative images and written texts.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.- Abbreviations.- Introduction: The British Problem.- British Perceptions.- The Britannic Empire c. 1629.- The Prerogative Rule of Charles I, 1629-38.- Convenants and Confederations, 1638-43.- The Wars for the Three Kingdoms, 1644-51.- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1651-60.- Conclusion: A Britannic Restoration?.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

ALLAN I. MACINNES is Burnett-Fletcher Chair of History at the University of Aberdeen, UK.

Blurb

During the mid-seventeenth century, the Stuart dynasty faced revolution in their three kingdoms - Scotland, Ireland and England - which was marked by constitutional defiance, civil war, regecide, republicanism and the eventual restoration of monarchy. Opposition in all three kingdoms to the Stuarts as an imperial dynasty drew upon and shaped different perceptions of Britain.

Allan Macinnes' wider contextualising of a British revolution - which challenges the anglocentric dominance of British History - takes account of apocalyptic visions, baronial politics and commercial networks, as well as confessional allegiances, representative images and written texts. This comprehensive survey is essential reading for all those studying this period of political crisis, which ultimately contributed to the definition of both the national interest of England and the national survival of Scotland and Ireland.