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Oliver Cromwell is one of the most puzzling and controversial figures in English history. In this excellent introduction, Barry Coward uses Cromwell's own words and actions to analyse the life of Oliver Cromwell as a political figure and look at the historical problems associated with his exercise of power.

Barry Coward has revised his wide-ranging text which outlines the major social changes that occurred in England in the two hundred years after the Reformation. He examines the religious and intellectual changes resulting from revolutionary pressures, as well as considering the impact of rapid inflation and population expansion in the later sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Overall he stresses that social change combined with social continuity to produce a distinctive early modern English society.

Covering the period from the accession of James I to the death of Queen Anne, this companion provides a magisterial overview of the 'long' seventeenth century in British history.

• Comprises original contributions by leading scholars of the period
• Gives a magisterial overview of the 'long' seventeenth century
• Provides a critical reference to historical debates about Stuart Britain
• Offers new insights into the major political, religious and economic changes that occurred during this period
• Includes bibliographical guidance for students and...

The Stuart Age provides an accessible introduction to England s century of civil war and revolution and the major themes of the period including the causes of the English Civil War, the nature of the English Revolution, the aims and achievements of Oliver Cromwell, the continuation of religious passion in the politics of Restoration England, and the impact of the Glorious Revolution on Britain.

The fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated by Peter Gaunt to reflect new work and changing trends in research on the Stuart Age. The new edition expands on...

For many generations, Guy Fawkes and his gunpowder plot, the 'Man in the Iron Mask' and the 'Devils of Loudun' have offered some of the most compelling images of the early modern period. Conspiracies, real or imagined, were an essential feature of early modern life, offering a seemingly rational and convincing explanation for patterns of political and social behaviour. This volume examines conspiracies and conspiracy theory from a broad historical and interdisciplinary perspective, by combining the theoretical approach of the history of ideas with specific examples from the period. Each...

Oliver Cromwell is one of the most puzzling and controversial figures in English history. In this excellent introduction, Barry Coward uses Cromwell's own words and actions to analyse the life of Oliver Cromwell as a political figure and look at the historical problems associated with his exercise of power.

Lavishly illustrated and annotated, this first and definitive collection of letters to and from Coward provides a divine portrait of an age, from the Blitz to the Ritz and beyond.
The incomparable Noel Coward loved to correspond with friends, enemies, the famous and infamous, the talented and the powerful, including Virginia Woolf, Winston Churchill, Greta Garbo, Laurence Olivier, Katharine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Lawrence of Arabia, Somerset Maugham, and many more. Granted unlimited access to the Coward archive, Barry Day presents many never-published letters and has unearthed new,...

Okres panowania Stuartów to nie tylko czas wojen domowych wielkiego Cromwella, rewolucji oraz tragicznych losów Karola I. Za rządów szkockiej dynastii Anglia rozpoczęła bowiem ekspansję kolonialną, stała się europejskim mocarstwem i doprowadziła do unii realnej ze Szkocją, tworząc Królestwo Wielkiej Brytanii.Niniejsza książka uznawana jest za najlepsze jednotomowe opracowanie o XVII-wiecznej Anglii. Autorzy udowadniają, że Stuartowie niesłusznie znaleźli się w cieniu swoich wielkich poprzedników, a ich losy są równie burzliwe i intrygujące jak dzieje dynastii...

Examines the nature of the first regime ever to have effective control of the British Isles and the impact that it had on England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and on Britain's international reputation. One of the few stuides to view the period as one of acheivement rather than merely a reactionary regime. Examines the aspirations of the Cromwellian Protectorate and underlines their committemnt to a radical vision, despite the pressures and crises that the regime faced. Examines the international dimension of the rules of Oliver and Richard Cromwell. Containing many key documents of the...

The Stuart Age provides an accessible introduction to England s century of civil war and revolution and the major themes of the period including the causes of the English Civil War, the nature of the English Revolution, the aims and achievements of Oliver Cromwell, the continuation of religious passion in the politics of Restoration England, and the impact of the Glorious Revolution on Britain.

The fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated by Peter Gaunt to reflect new work and changing trends in research on the Stuart Age. The new edition expands on...

This volume covers 1603-1660, the years of the Stuart kings, the English Civil War and the rise and fall of the republic.