| After the Civil Wars: English Politics and Government in the Reign of Charles II Contributor(s): Miller, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138179639 ISBN-13: 9781138179639 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Modern - 17th Century |
| Dewey: 941 |
| Physical Information: 328 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first study of Restoration England from the point of view of both rulers and ruled, this volume offers a vital reappraisal of seventeenth century England. The civil wars had a traumatic effect on the English people: memories of bloodshed and destruction and the ultimate horror of the execution of Charles I continued to be invoked for decades afterwards. It is often argued that the political and religious fissures created by the wars divided English society irrevocably, as demonstrated by the later bitter conflict between the Whig and Tory parties. After the Civil Wars proposes instead that although there was political conflict, Charles II's reign was not a continuation of the divisions of the civil wars. |