The Civil Wars Experienced: Britain and Ireland, 1638-1661

by Bennett,Martyn

• ISBN13: 9780415159029
• ISBN10: 0415159024
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-01-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

By looking at personal sources such as diaries, petitions, letters and social/public sources including the press, Bennett clearly sets out the true cultural and social effects that the wars had on the peoples of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland and how common experiences transcended national and regional boundaries. The Civil War Experienceddiscusses exactly how far-reaching the changes caused by the civil war actually were for both women and men and carefully assesses individual reactions to it. By placing the military and political developments of the civil wars into a social context, the author is able to portray a very different interpretation of a century of regicide and republic.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii
Introduction	ix
Time line	xii
Maps	xxiii
The Aberdeen doctors and history	1	(16)
Under occupation: the North of England, 1640--8	17	(27)
Experiencing rebellion in Ireland, 1641--9	44	(31)
The Scottish experience of the wars in the four nations, 1638--48	75	(19)
Experiencing war in Wales and England	94	(36)
The revolutionary period, 1648--53	130	(37)
Conquered nations: Republican and Restoration Scotland and Ireland, 1653--61	167	(27)
Republic and Restoration in England and Wales, 1653--61	194	(19)
Afterword	213	(3)
Notes	216	(18)
Bibliography	234	(23)
Index	257