The Royalist War Effort: 1642-1646

by RONALD HUTTON; Department Of H

• ISBN13: 9780415305402
• ISBN10: 0415305403
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-01-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In the introduction to this reissue of the second edition, Ronald Hutton places his vivid account of the Royalist War effort in modern historical context, bringing the reader up to date with recent developments in the study of the English Civil War. He analyses the influences which affected his own interpretation of events, ensuring thatThe Royalist War Effort, 1642-1646remains the most informative and compelling account of the Royalist experience in the English Civil War.

Author Biography

Ronald Hutton is Professor of History at the University of Bristol

Table of Contents

List of maps	ix
Acknowledgements	x
Abbreviations	xi
Introduction to the second edition	xiii
Introduction: 'Wrong but Wromantic'?	xxxi
PART ONE The achievement of civil war	1	(48)
1 The emergence of the Cavaliers	3	(19)
2 King on the march	22	(11)
3 After Edgehill	33	(16)
PART TWO The grandees	49	(36)
Introduction	50	(32)
4 Herbert	52	(7)
5 Capel	59	(9)
6 Carbery	68	(8)
7 Russell	76	(6)
Conclusions	82	(3)
PART THREE The Royalist war effort	85	(26)
8 The machinery	86	(9)
9 The task	95	(10)
10 The Parliamentarian comparison	105	(6)
PART FOUR The warlords	111	(32)
11 Vavasour	112	(8)
12 Maurice, Byron and Gerard	120	(9)
13 Rupert	129	(14)
PART FIVE Warlords and civilians	143	(34)
14 After Marston Moor	145	(10)
15 The Marcher Association and the Clubmen	155	(11)
16 The resurgence of the warlords	166	(11)
PART SIX The failure of the Royalists	177	(24)
17 After Naseby	178	(13)
18 The last stand	191	(10)
Conclusion	201	(3)
Appendix: Royalist civilian commissioners	204	(2)
Notes	206	(35)
Bibliography:
Primary sources	241	(18)
Secondary sources	259	(6)
Index	265