Synopses & Reviews
Fully revised and updated, this new second edition of the standard book on the causes of the English Civil War provides a comprehensive guide to the historiographical debates surrounding them. Written in an accessible style suitable for the general reader as well as anyone who wishes to have a clear understanding of a crucial period of English history, the book presents a thoroughly balanced account of rival views.
Review
“An unquestionably first-choice guide . . .” —
Ecclesiastical History“This is an important book, and a good one. It is in the first place a work written to the highest standards of scholarship.” —History
Synopsis
The causes of the English civil war have provoked fierce controversy amongst historians ever since the seventeenth century. This book is intended as a guide and introduction to the massive outpouring of scholarship, including discussion of revisionist and post-revisionist work.
About the Author
Ann Hughes is Professor of History at the University of Keele.
Table of Contents
Introduction * A British Problem? A European Crisis? * Consensus or Conflict: Politics and Religion in Early Stuart England * A Social and Cultural Conflict? * King and Parliament 1625-1642 * Index