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Author : Cordell William Firebrace
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Honest Harry written by Cordell William Firebrace and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cordell William Firebrace
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Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Honest Harry written by Cordell William Firebrace and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pauline Gregg
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520051461
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (514 download)
Download or read book King Charles I written by Pauline Gregg and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the British monarch examines his upbringing, personality, and the events that led to his downfall
Author : Jason McElligott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139466364
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Royalists and Royalism during the English Civil Wars written by Jason McElligott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-06 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much ink has been spent on accounts of the English Civil Wars of the mid-seventeenth century, yet royalism has been largely neglected. This volume of essays by leading scholars in the field seeks to fill that significant gap in our understanding by focusing on those who took up arms for the king. The royalists described were not reactionary, absolutist extremists but pragmatic, moderate men who were not so different in temperament or background from the vast majority of those who decided to side with, or were forced by circumstances to side with, Parliament and its army. The essays force us to think beyond the simplistic dichotomy between royalist 'absolutists' and 'constitutionalists' and suggest instead that allegiances were much more fluid and contingent than has hitherto been recognized. This is a major contribution to the political and intellectual history of the Civil Wars and of early modern England more generally.
Author : Geoffrey Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131706108X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Royalist Agents, Conspirators and Spies written by Geoffrey Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1640 and 1660 the British Isles witnessed a power struggle between king and parliament of a scale and intensity never witnessed, either before or since. Although often characterised as a straight fight between royalists and parliamentarians, recent scholarship has highlighted the complex and fluid nature of the conflict, showing how it was waged on a variety of fronts, military, political, cultural and religious, at local, national and international levels. In a melting pot of competing loyalties, shifting allegiances and varying military fortunes, it is hardly surprising that agents, conspirators and spies came to play key roles in shaping events and determining policies. In this groundbreaking study, the role of a fluctuating collection of loyal, resourceful and courageous royalist agents is uncovered and examined. By shifting the focus of attention from royal ministers, councillors, generals and senior courtiers to the agents, who operated several rungs lower down in the hierarchy of the king's supporters, a unique picture of the royalist cause is presented. The book depicts a world of feuds, jealousies and rivalries that divided and disorganised the leadership of the king's party, creating fluid and unpredictable conditions in which loyalties were frequently to individuals or factions rather than to any theoretical principle of allegiance to the crown. Lacking the firm directing hand of a Walsingham or Thurloe, the agents looked to patrons for protection, employment and advancement. Grounded on a wealth of primary source material, this book cuts through a fog of deceit and secrecy to expose the murky world of seventeenth-century espionage. Written in a lively yet scholarly style, it reveals much about the nature of the dynamics of the royalist cause, about the role of the activists, and why, despite a long series of political and military defeats, royalism survived. Simultaneously, the book offers fascinating accounts of the remarkable activities of a number of very colourful individuals.
Author : Andrew Lacey
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 0851159222
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (511 download)
Download or read book The Cult of King Charles the Martyr written by Andrew Lacey and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2003 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first study to deal exclusively with the cult ofKing Charles the Martyr - Charles I as suffering, innocent king, walking in the footsteps of his Saviour to his own Calvary at Whitehall - and the political theology underpinning it, taking the story up to 1859.
Author : David Cressy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019259852X
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles written by David Cressy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles examines the jurisdictional disputes and cultural complexities in England's relationship with its island fringe from Tudor times to the eighteenth century, and traces island privileges and anomalies to the present. It tells a dramatic story of sieges and battles, pirates and shipwrecks, prisoners and prophets, as kings and commoners negotiated the political, military, religious, and administrative demands of the early modern state. The Channel Islands, the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly, the Isle of Man, Lundy, Holy Island and others emerge as important offshore outposts that long remained strange, separate, and perversely independent. England's islands were difficult to govern, and were prone to neglect, yet their strategic value far outweighed their size. Though vulnerable to foreign threats, their harbours and castles served as forward bases of English power. In civil war they were divided and contested, fought over and occupied. Jersey and the Isles of Scilly served as refuges for royalists on the run. Charles I was held on the Isle of Wight. External authority was sometimes light of touch, as English governments used the islands as fortresses, commercial assets, and political prisons. London was often puzzled by the linguistic differences, tangled histories, and special claims of island communities. Though increasingly integrated within the realm, the islands maintained challenging peculiarities and distinctive characteristics. Drawing on a wide range of sources, and the insights of maritime, military, and legal scholarship, this is an original contribution to social, cultural, and constitutional history.
Author : Ian Gentles
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300226837
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The New Model Army written by Ian Gentles and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of the superior fighting force that powered the English Revolution The New Model Army was one of the most formidable fighting forces ever assembled. Formed in 1645, it was crucial in overthrowing the monarchy and propelling one of its most brilliant generals, Oliver Cromwell, to power during the English Revolution. Paradoxically, it was also instrumental in restoring the king in 1660. But the true nature of this army has long been debated. In this authoritative history, Ian Gentles examines the full scope of the New Model Army. As a fighting force it engineered regicide, pioneered innovative military tactics, and helped to keep Cromwell in power as Lord Protector until his death. All the while, those within its ranks promoted radical political ideas inspired by the Levellers and held dissenting religious beliefs. Gentles explores how brilliant battlefield maneuvering and logistical prowess contributed to its victories--and demonstrates the vital role religion played in building morale and military effectiveness.
Author : Joseph Bampfield
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838752319
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (523 download)
Download or read book Colonel Joseph Bampfield's Apology written by Joseph Bampfield and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book consists of two parts of approximately equal length: Colonel Joseph Bampfield's Apology (1685), edited by John Loftis and Paul H. Hardacre; and a biographical account, Bampfield's Later Career, by John Loftis. Bampfield's Apology provides an account of the author's war service and his subsequent service to Charles I as a courier and agent in the period of frustrated negotiations that led to the second civil war and the execution of the king. Bampfield describes Charles's negotiations with parliament, with the army, with commissioners representing the Scots, and he describes the attempt by the king and leaders of Parliament to reach agreement in the Treaty of Newport before Cromwell's army returned from the north, after defeating the Scottish army. Although the narrative is partisan, it is (except in rare instances) factually accurate. Bampfield prints ten letters written to him by the king, not published elsewhere, for which there is convincing external as well as internal evidence of authenticity." "As long ago as 1894, C. H. Firth wrote that Bampfield's "biographical 'Apology,' published at The Hague in 1685, is a book of the utmost rarity, and deserves reprinting." Yet the Apology has never before been reprinted, presumably because of Bampfield's reputation as a spy for the protectorate." "The Apology is primarily a memoir of the reign of Charles I. Bampfield, twenty-six at the time of the king's death, lived many more years, many of them years of vigorous and varied activities. These years are recounted in the second half of this volume, Bampfield's Later Career. The biographical record provided by the Apology, and corroborated by the Memoirs of Anne, Lady Halkett, can be supplemented by Bampfield's voluminous correspondence, published and unpublished, in both French and English. Bampfield wrote most of the letters as intelligence reports. Though they include only incidental references to his personal activities, cumulatively they provide a detailed account of his life, and an informed commentary on national and international affairs as well."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Nadine Akkerman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192555839
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Invisible Agents written by Nadine Akkerman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It would be easy for the modern reader to conclude that women had no place in the world of early modern espionage, with a few seventeenth-century women spies identified and then relegated to the footnotes of history. If even the espionage carried out by Susan Hyde, sister of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, during the turbulent decades of civil strife in Britain can escape the historiographer's gaze, then how many more like her lurk in the archives? Nadine Akkerman's search for an answer to this question has led to the writing of Invisible Agents, the very first study to analyse the role of early modern women spies, demonstrating that the allegedly-male world of the spy was more than merely infiltrated by women. This compelling and ground-breaking contribution to the history of espionage details a series of case studies in which women - from playwright to postmistress, from lady-in-waiting to laundry woman - acted as spies, sourcing and passing on confidential information on account of political and religious convictions or to obtain money or power. The struggle of these women to construct credibility in their own time is mirrored in their invisibility in modern historiography. Akkerman has immersed herself in archives, libraries, and private collections, transcribing hundreds of letters, breaking cipher codes and their keys, studying invisible inks, and interpreting riddles, acting as a modern-day spymistress to unearth plots and conspiracies that have long remained hidden by history.
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Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Writings on British History written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Albert Frederick Pollard
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book History written by Albert Frederick Pollard and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Publisher and Bookseller written by and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 1248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
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Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Week-end Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cecil Wilson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Wake of the Southern Cross written by Cecil Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Antiquaries Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News written by and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
