Christopher Durston

Cromwell's major-generals

Godly government during the English Revolution

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Produktbeschreibung

The first full-scale study of the rule of Cromwell's major-generals over England and Wales during 1655 and 1656. This is a period which had a dramatic impact upon contemporaries and has remained a powerful symbol of military rule down to the present day. Contains chapters on the three most important aspects of the major-generals' work: the collection of the decimation tax; the attempt to improve the security of the regime; and the struggle to build the 'Godly Nation'. Concludes with an investigation of the 1656 election and the major-generals subsequent unexpected fall from power. Fills a major gap in the historiography of Cromwellian England.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9780719060656
• ISBN-10: 0719060656
• Artikelnr.: 21779233

Autorenporträt

Christopher Durston is Reader in History at St Mary's College, Twickenham

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Introduction: Background and
historiography 2. The system: Origins and construction 3. The men:
Backgrounds, careers and beliefs 4. The helpers: The commissioners for
securing the peace of the Commonwealth 5. Old local government and new
local government 6. The decimation tax 7. Securing the peace of the
Commonwealth 8. The struggle for the Godly Nation 9. The major-generals and
the 1656 election 10. Defeat at Westminster and fall from power 11.
Conclusion Postscript: The major-generals' later careers Bibliography:
Index Maps and tables Map 1: The major-generals' associations Table 1: The
major-generals' associations Table 2: Numbers of parliamentary seats and
exclusions in the major-generals' associations