Synopses & Reviews
A collection of major articles examining Stuart politics through the career of Thomas Wentworth.
Review
"...the collection of essays in The Political World of Thomas Wentworth definitely makes a significant contribution toward a better understanding of the man and his age....Peter Lake's impressive and masterful overview of the historiography of seventeenth-century British history from the end of World War II to the present...is a must-read for all scholars of seventeenth-century British history." Ronald H. Fritze, The Sixteenth Century Journal
Table of Contents
'Introduction: the historical reputation of ThomasWentworth J. F. Merritt; 1. Phaeton\'s Chariot: the parliament-men and the Continental Crisis in 1621 Thomas Cogswell; 2. Sir Thomas Wentworth and anti-Spanish sentiment, 1621-1624 Conrad Russell; 3. Wentworth\'s \'change of sides\' in the 1620s Richard Cust; 4. The church triumphant? The emergence of a spiritual Lord Treasurer, 1635-6 Brian Quintrell; 5. Power and communication: Thomas Wentworth and government at a distance during the Personal Rule, 1629-1635 J. F. Merritt; 6. Thomas Wentworth and the political thought of the Personal Rule Anthony Milton; 7. The attempted anglicisation of Ireland in the seventeenth century: an exemplar of \'British history\' Nicholas Canny; 8. \'God Bless Your Free Church of Ireland\': Wentworth, Laud, Bramhall and the Irish Convocation of 1634 John McCafferty; 9. Strafford, the \'Londonderry Business\' and the \'new British history\' Jane H. Ohlmeyer; 10. The public context of the trial and execution of Strafford Terence Kilburn and Anthony Milton; 11. Retrospective: Wentworth\'s political world in revisionist and post-revisionist perspective Peter Lake.\n
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