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03770aam a2200385 i 4500 001 EC528236B3B611E2BB8BFCD2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130503010051 008 130212s2012 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012454316 020 $a 0199575851 020 $a 9780199575855 035 $a (OCoLC)785869608 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d YDXCP $d CDX $d NLE $d OCLCO $d YNK $d UAT $d BWX $d MUU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a DA415 $b .H793 2012 050 00 $a DA415 $b .H793 2012 100 1 $a Hopper, Andrew $q (Andrew James) 245 10 $a Turncoats and renegadoes : $b changing sides during the English Civil War / $c Andrew Hopper. 246 18 $a Turncoats & renegadoes. 246 3 $a Turncoats and renegades. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford, United Kingdom : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2012. 300 $a 258 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-244) and index. 505 0 $a Part I: A profile of side-changing in England and Wales, 1642-1646. A turncoat aristocracy ; 'Ambi-dexter' MPs ; Military professionals: 'renegado' army officers ; Popular allegiance and side-changing among rank and file soldiers ; Chronological and regional patterns to side-changing. -- Part II: A cultural history of side-changing. Political oath-taking and the fear of treachery ; The language of treachery in newsbooks and polemic ; Honour, reputation, and the self-fashioning of elite side-changers ; Trial and execution: defectors and military justice. 520 $a "Turncoats and Renegadoes is the first dedicated study of the practice of changing sides during the English Civil Wars. It examines the extent and significance of side-changing in England and Wales but also includes comparative material from Scotland and Ireland. The first half identifies side-changers among peers, MPs, army officers, and common soldiers, before reconstructing the chronological and regional patterns to their defections. The second half delivers a cultural history of treachery, by adopting a thematic approach to explore the social and cultural implications of defections, and demonstrating how notions of what constituted a turncoat were culturally constructed. Side-changing came to dominate strategy on both sides at the highest levels. Both sides reviled, yet sought to take advantage of the practice, whilst allegations of treachery came to dominate the internal politics of royalists and parliamentarians alike. The language applied to 'turncoats and renegadoes' in contemporary print is discussed and contrasted with the self-justifications of the side-changers themselves as they sought to shape an honourable self-image for their families and posterity. Andrew Hopper investigates the implementation of military justice, along with the theatre of retribution surrounding the trial and execution of turncoats. He concludes by arguing that, far from side-changing being the dubious practice of a handful of aberrant individuals, it became a necessary survival strategy for thousands as they navigated their way through such rapidly changing events. He reveals how side-changing shaped the course of the English Revolution, even contributing to the regicide itself, and remained an important political legacy to the English speaking peoples thereafter."--Publisher's website. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y Civil War, 1642-1649. 650 0 $a Defectors $z Great Britain. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Politics and government $y 1642-1649. 650 0 $a Social change $z Great Britain $x History $y 17th century. 941 $a 1 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20130503011906.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EC528236B3B611E2BB8BFCD2DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search