The Royalist War Effort: 1642-1646

ISBN-13: 9780415305402 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 312 str.

Ronald Hutton

Opis

The English Civil War remains the most prolonged and traumatic example of internal violence in the history of the state. The Royalist War Effort, 1642-1646 shows how such a war was achieved and sustained, and how ultimately it was won and lost. In the introduction to this reissue of the second edition, Ronald Hutton places his vivid account of the Royalist War effort in modern historical context, bringing the reader up to date with recent developments in the study of the English Civil War. He analyses the influences which affected his own interpretation of events, ensuring that The Royalist War Effort, 1642-1646 remains the most informative and compelling account of the Royalist experience in the English Civil War.

Recenzje

'Still by far the best study of precisely the subject described by the title - the war effort ... there is not a better account of the way armies were mobilised and deployed, or the interface of Royalist administrative history and military history or of the internal politics of the royalist party and its military consequences.' - John Morrill, University of Cambridge

'Hutton's subject is the area which gave Charles I his most valuable support to that task he brings a thrilling intelligence, a powerful imagination and a bracing, epigrammatic prose.' - London Review of Books

Spis treści

Introduction: ‘Wrong but Wromantic’? PART ONE The achievement of civil war 1 The emergence of the Cavaliers 2 The King on the march 3 After Edgehill PART TWO The grandees Introduction 4 Herbert 5 Capel 6 Carbery 7 Russell Conclusions PART THREE The Royalist war effort 8 The machinery 9 The task 10 The Parliamentarian comparison PART FOUR The warlords 11 Vavasour 12 Maurice, Byron and Gerard 13 Rupert PART FIVE Warlords and civilians 14 After Marston Moor 15 The Marcher Association and the Clubmen 16 The resurgence of the warlords PART SIX The failure of the Royalists 17 After Naseby 18 The last stand, Conclusion

O autorze

Ronald Hutton is Professor of History at the University of Bristol