Politics and War in the Three Stuart Kingdoms, 1637-49

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by David Scott

Palgrave

Due/Published October 2003, 256 pages, paper

ISBN 0333658744

The 1640s were one of the most exciting and bloody decades in British and Irish history. This book interweaves the narrative threads in each theater of conflict to provide an "holistic" account and analysis of the wars in and between England, Scotland, and Ireland from the Covenanter Rebellion to the execution of Charles I. Using a wide range of original and secondary sources, the author offers a new interpretation of political structure and dynamics in the warring Stuart kingdoms.

Contents

Society, War and Allegiance in the Three Kingdoms, 1637-42
The Outbreak of the English Civil War: August 1642-September 1643
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms: September 1643-August 1645
Anglia Rediviva: September 1645-January 1647
The Rise of the New Model Army: February-December 1647
The Second Civil War and the English Revolution: January 1648-January 1649