Synopses & Reviews
This book provides students with the essential background to the English Civil War and to the historical debates surrounding its causes.
Synopsis
This book provides readers with the essential background to the English Civil War and the historical debates surrounding its causes. It discusses the pitfalls of arguments about causation and analyzes the events that preceded the war. The volume examines the areas of possible long-term conflict and assesses the different explanations in the light of recent scholarship. The Causes of the English Civil War is an ideal introduction to the period, bringing the latest arguments to bear on this important period in English history.
About the Author
Norah Carlin is Principal Lecturer in Early Modern History at Middlesex University. She is the author of The First English Revolution (1983) and has contributed to Bradshaw (ed.) et al, Representing Ireland: Literature and the Origins of Conflict, 1534-1660 (1993) and Grell & Scribner (ed.), Tolerance and Intolerance in the European Reformation (1996).
Table of Contents
1. The Problem of Causation.
2. The Crisis of 1637-42.
3. Religious Conflicts.
4. Political Tensions.
5. Economic and Social Change.
6. Causes and Theories.
Further Reading.
Bibliography and References.
Chronology.
Glossary.
Index.