| Charles I and the Road to Personal Rule Contributor(s): Reeve, L. J. (Author), L. J., Reeve (Author), Fletcher, Anthony (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521521335 ISBN-13: 9780521521338 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: This study of the character and policies of Charles I provides an analysis of the political crisis leading to his personal rule in England during the years before the civil wars. It fills a gap in the historical literature of the period by integrating ideological with political developments and English with international affairs. It is also a contribution to the wider European history of a critical phase of the Thirty Years War. The book offers a new way of understanding Charles by demonstrating how ill-suited his personality was to the workings of the political world. It also argues that Charles??'s innovatory rule created a new pattern of national politics deeply destructive in its effects. The book gives a gripping account of the king??'s willingness to pervert the due process of law in dealing with his political opponents, as well as investigating his failures in religious and foreign policy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Western Europe - General |
| Dewey: 941.062 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 340 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study of the character and policies of Charles I provides an analysis of the political crisis leading to his personal rule in England during the years before the civil wars. It fills a gap in the historical literature of the period by integrating ideological with political developments and English with international affairs. It is also a contribution to the wider European history of a critical phase of the Thirty Years War. The book offers a new way of understanding Charles by demonstrating how ill-suited his personality was to the workings of the political world. It also argues that Charles's innovatory rule created a new pattern of national politics deeply destructive in its effects. The book gives a gripping account of the king's willingness to pervert the due process of law in dealing with his political opponents, as well as investigating his failures in religious and foreign policy. |