The English Civil War

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This is a new edited collection of critical essays by leading historians which synthesizes current research, and offers original views, on the English civil war.It draws on new archival findings and challenges current orthodoxies, offering a distinctly original variety of perspectives. It locates English events firmly within a broader 'three kingdoms' context. John Adamson is a prize-winning author.It is suitable for undergraduate students of History taking modules on the English Civil Wars, Early Modern Britain, or War and Society; Postgraduate students, teachers and scholars of Civil War history; General Readers; and Library Sale.John Adamson provides a new synthesis of current research on the political crisis that engulfed England in the 1640s.

Drawing on new archival findings and challenging current orthodoxies, these essays by leading historians offer a variety of original perspectives, locating English events firmly within a 'three kingdoms' context.