Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-431) and index.
Contents:
Prologue: Lucy Martin's message -- The Commonwealth of England -- The oath of a king -- Sacred kingship and dutiful subjection -- Unprosperous wars -- An acessible monarch -- Importunate petitioners -- The king's religion and the people's church -- The king's declaration and the people's sports -- Sacred kingship eclipsed -- The blindness of Charles I.
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