Major-General Hezekiah Haynes and the Failure of Oliver Cromwell's Godly Revolution, 1594-1704

ISBN-13: 9780367903107 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 264 str.

David Farr

Opis

Hezekiah Haynes fought in the British Civil Wars, before rising to become Cromwell’s ruler of the east of England. This biography will appeal to all those interested in early modern English and American history. 

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: 1594-1655  1. The economic, kinship and religious networks of Hezekiah Haynes and the development of a Puritan activist, 1594 to 1654  2. Haynes and the experience of war, 1642 to 1651  3. Haynes and the politics of the Godly armies, 1646 to 1655  Part 2: 1655-1704  4. Major-General of the east and political conservatism, 1655 to 1657  5. Major-General of the east and religious radicalism, 1655 to 1657  6. The collapse of Godly rule and Restoration persecution, 1656 to 1662  7. The survival and realignment of Hezekiah Haynes’ economic, kinship and religious networks, 1654 to 1704  Conclusion: Hezekiah Haynes and the failure of Oliver Cromwell’s Godly Revolution

O autorze

David Farr is Deputy Head Academic of Norwich School. He is author of full-length studies of other Cromwellian military-religious figures, John Lambert, Henry Ireton and Thomas Harrison, as well as general studies of Britain 1603–1702, and numerous articles on various aspects of the English Revolution.