Little integrates the latest research from younger and established scholars to provide a new evaluation and b biographyb of Cromwell. The book challenges received wisdom about Cromwell's rise to power, his political and religious beliefs, his relationship with various communities across the British Isles and his role as Lord Protector. ÍNDICE: Introduction - 1636: The Unmaking of Oliver Cromwell?; S. Healy - 'One That Would Sit Well At the Mark: The Early Parliamentary Career of OliverCromwell; S. K. Roberts - 'Lord of the Fens': Oliver Cromwell's Reputation and the First Civil War; S. L. Sadler - 'A Despicable Contemptible Generation ofMen'?: Cromwell and The Levellers; P. Baker - Cromwell in Ireland Before 1649; P. Little - Oliver Cromwell and the Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms; K. MacKenzie - Oliver Cromwell (alias William) and Wales; L. Bowen -The Lord Protector's Servants and Courtiers; A. Barclay - John Thurloe and the Offer of the Crown to Cromwell; P. Little - 'Fit for Public Services'; The Upbringing of Richard Cromwell; J. Peacey - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-57421-2
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha Publicación: 05/12/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés