Regicide and Republic: England 1603–1660

by Graham E. Seel

• ISBN13: 9780521589888
• ISBN10: 0521589886
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

How important was Charles I’s personal rule in bringing about the Civil War? How successful was the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell? And how far was this a period of economic expansion?Graham Seel addresses these and other issues critical to a study of this period. Topics examined include: the nature of the early modern regime, James VI and I, Charles I, the Civil War, the interregnum, religious conflict, society and the economy.Regicide and Republic is part of the Cambridge Perspectives in History series. The book matches the requirements of the OCR examination specifications. It is suitable for all Advanced Subsidiary (AS) students, as well as students and undergraduates needing an introduction to the period. It also contains a document study section on the Civil War.

Table of Contents

Politics and religion, 1603-29	1	(46)
England in 1603	2	(6)
Introduction	2	(1)
A decade of crises, 1593-1603	2	(2)
The government of England	4	(2)
The church in England	6	(1)
The royal succession	7	(1)
The reign of James I, 1603-25	8	(24)
Overview	8	(1)
Crown and parliament	9	(6)
Royal finances	15	(4)
Religious policy	19	(5)
Foreign policy	24	(6)
James I's achievements	30	(2)
England, 1625-29	32	(12)
Overview	32	(1)
The new king	33	(3)
Wars with Spain and France, 1625-29	36	(4)
King and parliament, 1625-29	40	(4)
Politics and religion, 1603-29: a summary	44	(3)
Personal Rule and civil war, 1629-49	47	(74)
Personal Rule, 1629-40	48	(20)
Overview	48	(1)
The nature of Personal Rule	49	(1)
The policy of Thorough	50	(4)
Balancing the books	54	(2)
Laud and religious policies	56	(9)
Eleven Years' Tyranny or Personal Rule?	65	(3)
The outbreak of civil war, 1637-42	68	(20)
Overview	69	(1)
From the Prayer Book crisis to the First Bishops' War, 1637-39	69	(3)
The Short Parliament and the Second Bishops' War, 1640	72	(3)
The Long Parliament, November 1640 to September 1641	75	(3)
Division, rebellion and civil war, October 1641 to August 1642	78	(4)
Historical interpretation: the origins of the Civil Wars	82	(6)
The First Civil War, 1642-46	88	(17)
Overview	88	(1)
Taking sides	89	(3)
The main stages of the First Civil War	92	(8)
Why did the royalists lose the First Civil War?	100	(4)
The consequences of the First Civil War	104	(1)
The road to regicide, 1646-49	105	(13)
Overview	106	(1)
The search for a settlement, 1646-47	106	(5)
Why was there no negotiated settlement from 1646 to 1647?	111	(1)
Rebellion and war, 1648	112	(1)
The English Revolution, 1648-49	113	(1)
Why was Charles I tried and executed?	114	(4)
Personal Rule and civil war, 1629-49: a summary	118	(3)
The Interregnum, 1649-60	121	(46)
The Rump and the Nominated Assembly, 1649-53	122	(10)
Overview	123	(1)
The republic established, 1649	123	(1)
Enemies within and without, 1649-51	124	(2)
Domestic policy	126	(1)
Foreign policy	127	(1)
The dissolution of the Rump	128	(1)
The Nominated Assembly, 1653	129	(3)
The Protectorate, 1653-59	132	(16)
Overview	133	(1)
Cromwell and the Protectorate	133	(10)
An assessment of Cromwell	143	(3)
The Protectorate after Oliver Cromwell	146	(2)
Cromwell's foreign policy, 1653-58	148	(8)
Overview	148	(1)
The context of Cromwell's foreign policy	149	(1)
The Anglo-Dutch War, 1652-54	149	(2)
From the Dutch War to the Spanish War, 1654-55	151	(1)
War with Spain, 1656-58	152	(1)
Cromwell's foreign policy: an assessment	152	(4)
The Restoration	156	(7)
Overview	156	(1)
The Rump restored and dismissed, 1659	157	(1)
The army divided, 1659	158	(1)
The return of the Long Parliament	159	(1)
The Convention Parliament	159	(1)
Why was the monarchy restored?	159	(2)
What was restored in 1660?	161	(2)
The Interregnum, 1649-60: a summary	163	(4)
Economy and society, 1603-60	167	(33)
Economic change	168	(10)
Overview	168	(1)
Population and prices	169	(2)
Agriculture and industry	171	(2)
Trade and empire	173	(2)
The Civil Wars and the economy	175	(3)
London	178	(6)
Overview	178	(1)
London, the largest city	179	(1)
The importance of London	180	(4)
The growth of radical sects	184	(8)
Overview	185	(1)
The freedom of the presses	185	(1)
The Levellers	186	(3)
The True Levellers	189	(1)
Seekers, Ranters, Quakers and Fifth Monarchists	189	(3)
Witchcraft	192	(8)
Overview	192	(1)
The main features of witchcraft	193	(2)
Witches and witch-finding, 1603-60	195	(2)
Why were people persecuted for witchcraft?	197	(3)
Document study: The English Civil Wars, 1637-49	200	(12)
Further reading	212	(3)
Index	215