A01=D.E. Kennedy
Author_D.E. Kennedy
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civil war
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revolution
Scotland
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- ISBN 9780333631812
- Weight: 234g
- Dimensions: 155 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2000
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The English Civil Wars and Revolution remain controversial. This book develops the theme that the Revolution, arising from the three separate rebellions, was an English phenomenon exported to Ireland and then to Scotland. Dr Kennedy examines the widespread effects of years of bloody and unnatural civil wars upon the British Isles. He also explores the symbolism of Charles I's execution, the 'great debates' about the proper limits of the King's authority and the 'great divide' in English politics which makes neutral writing about this period impossible. Taking into account the radical exigencies and expectations of war and peace-making, the discordant testimonies from battlefield and bargaining table, Parliament, press and pulpit, Dr Kennedy provides a full analysis of the English experience of revolution.
D. E. KENNEDY is Associate Professor of History and Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
