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Counter-Revolution Robert Ashton

Counter-Revolution By Robert Ashton

Counter-Revolution by Robert Ashton


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For all the vast literature on the English Revolution, the Second Civil War has been largely neglected. This work provides a detailed account of the period from the end of the First Civil War in 1646 to late 1648, on the eve of the trial and execution of Charles I.

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Counter-Revolution: Second Civil War and Its Origins, 1646-48 by Robert Ashton

For all the vast literature on the English Revolution, the Second Civil War has been largely neglected. Robert Ashton, author of the standard history, The English Civil War, provides a detailed account of the period from the end of the First Civil War in 1646 to late 1648, on the eve of the trial and execution of Charles I. He reveals the origins of the Second Civil War to be as complex, significant and interesting as those of the First. Unlike previous studies, which concentrate on the growth of radical movements along the road to regicide and republicanism, Ashton's study focuses on the neglected area of conservatism and counter-revolution. Just as historians of the First Civil War have sought to explain how a weakened king was able to rally sufficient resources to go to war in 1642, so this book explains how royalists, decisively defeated in 1646, found the support to take up arms in 1648. Ashton's analysis is conducted on a regional, county and national basis, and also takes in developments in Wales, Scotland and, to a lesser extent, Ireland. He asks not only why so many Scotsmen who had fought alongside the English roundheads entered the second war on the kings side in 1648, but emphasizes the disastrous split within the Scottish political nation which resulted from this. And he explores not only why former supporters of parliament deserted their allies and embraced the royalist cause in 1648, but also why others did not. Having explained why, after two years of uneasy peace, England was again convulsed by civil war in 1648, the book closes with a consideration of the main characteristics of insurgency in the Second Civil War and the reasons for, and consequences of, its failure.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The failure of settlement, June 1646-February 1648: the Newcastle propositions, June 1646-7; alternative quests for settlement from June to September 1647; from the king's flight from Hampton Court to the declaration on the vote of no addresses, November 1647-February 1648. Part 2 Disillusionment and alienation - no peace dividend: the sour fruits of victory; the army and assessments; the problem of free quarter; fiscal innovation - the excise. Part 3 Disillusionment and alienation - revolutionary illegality: fundamental law set at nought; committee tyranny; committees to control committees; county committees and the Second Civil War; champions of legality - two case studies. Part 4 Petitions and politics: modi operandi; petitioning no remedy?; petitioning the army; petitioning campaigns of 1646-7; petitioning campaigns of 1648. Part 5 The army and counter-revolution: a brutal, licentious and sectarian soldiery; a passing scare - the army and the revival of Royalism; the army, the 11 members, and the seven peers; the army and the City of London. Part 6 The revival of Royalism: varieties of Royalism; popular sympathy for the king; Royalist infiltration of office; Royalist litigation thwarted. Part 7 The survival of Anglicanism: Prayer Book versus directory of worship; Sabbath breaking and Christmas observance; revulsion from sectarian excesses; Anglican resistance - denial of entry and withholding of tithes; Anglican resistance; reintrusion and patronage. Part 8 Presbyterians and Royalists: fluctuating Presbyterian fortunes to August 1647; a bastion to Presbyterianism - the City of London to August 1647; Presbyteriansim in eclipse, August 1647 to June 1648; Presbyterianism and the Second Civil War; quiescence rewarded and hopes unfulfilled. Part 9 Presbyterians and engagers: the parting of allies; the origins of the engagement; the struggle for the engagement; the Kirk triumphant. Part 10 Premonitory plots and outbursts: rumours of war; Wales and the marches; metropolitan disburbances; the south of England and the west country; the north of England and the border; the east of England. Part 11 Reformadoes and turncoats: the creation of a counter-revolutionary force in 1647; the problem of the reformadoes; some prominent reformadoes; changing sides. Part 12 The Second Civil War in perspective: failures of strategy and co-ordination; the naval revolt and insurgent strategic options; insurgent war aims; insurgent recruitment and mobilization; under insurgent rule - two case studies. Part 13 Conclusion.

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GOR005551775
9780300061147
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Counter-Revolution: Second Civil War and Its Origins, 1646-48 by Robert Ashton
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Yale University Press
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