Andrew Hopper

Black Tom

Sir Thomas Fairfax and the English Revolution

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Produktbeschreibung

"Black Tom" delivers a groundbreaking examination of the transformative experience of the English revolution from the viewpoint of one of its leading, yet most neglected, participants. It is the first modern academic study of Fairfax, making it essential reading for university students as well as historians of the seventeenth century. Its accessible style will appeal to a wider audience of those interested in the civil wars and interregnum more generally.

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It was 'Black Tom' Fairfax, not Oliver Cromwell, who created and commanded Parliament's New Model Army during the English Civil War. This is his first biography by a modern academic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9780719071096
• ISBN-10: 0719071097
• Artikelnr.: 22745893

Autorenporträt

Andrew Hopper is Lecturer in History in the Centre for English Local History at the University of Leicester

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures, maps and tables Preface and acknowledgement Abbreviations
Introduction PART I 1 The Yorkshire Fairfaxes and the outbreak of wa 2 'The
rude malice of the people': Fairfax and popular parliamentarianism 3 'The
brutish general' and the year of victories 4 Parliament, the army and the
second civil war 5 Fairfax and the King killers 6 Republic and Restoration
PART II 7 The Fairfaxes and the causes of the civil war 8 Religion and
honour 9 'The rider of the white horse': image and reputation 10 Gender and
literature: Anne Fairfax and Andrew Marvell 11 Fairfax and Cromwell
Conclusion: The Short Memorials and the battle for the memory of Black Tom
Bibliography Index