Oliver Cromwell New Perspectives

by Little, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780230574205
• ISBN10: 0230574203
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

A new evaluation and biography of Cromwell, which draws on the latest research to challenge the accepted view of his life, character and political career.

Author Biography

PATRICK LITTLE is Senior Research Officer at the History of Parliament Trust, UK. His publications include Lord Broghill and the Cromwellian Union with Ireland and Scotland and (with David L. Smith) Parliament and Politics during the Cromwellian Protectorate.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
List of Maps	p. viii
Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
1636: The Unmaking of Oliver Cromwell?	p. 20
'One that Would Sit Well at the Mark': The Early Parliamentary Career of Oliver Cromwell, 1640-1642	p. 38
'Lord of the Fens': Oliver Cromwell's Reputation and the First Civil War	p. 64
'A Despicable Contemptible Generation of Men'?: Cromwell and the Levellers	p. 90
Cromwell and Ireland before 1649	p. 116
Oliver Cromwell and the Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms	p. 142
Oliver Cromwell (alias Williams) and Wales	p. 168
The Lord Protector and his Court	p. 195
John Thurloe and the Offer of the Crown to Oliver Cromwell	p. 216
'Fit for Public Services': The Upbringing of Richard Cromwell	p. 241
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 265
Index	p. 267
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