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Author:

Purkiss, Diane, 1961-

Title:

The English Civil War : Papists, gentlewomen, soldiers, and witchfinders in the birth of modern Britain / Diane Purkiss.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xxiii, 627 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1649.

Notes:

Originally published as: The English Civil War: a people's history. London : Harper Press, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (p. [571]-601) and index.

Contents:

The last cavalier? -- The meek-eyed peace -- Two women: Anna Trapnel and Lucy Hay -- The bishops' wars, the three kingdoms, and montrose -- Pym against the Papists -- Stand up, shout Mars -- The valley of decision -- Bright-harnessed angels: edgehill -- Down with bishops and bells: iconoclasm -- The death of dreams -- The war over Christmas -- The queen's tale: Henrietta Maria -- Newbury fight -- Two capitals: Oxford and London -- The bitterness of war -- Two marriages -- The power of heaven: Marston Moor and Cromwell -- The cookery writers' tales: General Hunger, Hannah Wolley, Kenelm Digby and the Deer of Corse Lawn -- Twenty thousand Cornish boys: the Battle of Lostwithiel -- The nation's nightmares -- Th' easy earth that covers her: the children's tales -- God with us! Montrose's campaign -- New professions: Parliament Joan and Richard Wiseman -- The world is turned upside down: the new model army and Naseby fight -- Ashes: the siege of Taunton and the clubmen -- The birds in the Greenwoods are mated together: Anne Halkett and the escape of James II -- Nor iron bars a cage: the capture of Charles I -- A new heaven and a new earth: Anna Trapnel and the Levellers -- Stand up now, stand up now: Gerrard Winstanley and the diggers -- The second civil war -- To Carisbrooke's narrow case: Charles I in captivity -- Oh, he is gone, and now hath left us here: the trial and execution of Charles I -- Into another mould? The aftermath.

Summary:

"In this history of the violent struggle between the monarchy and parliament that tore apart seventeenth-century England, a rising star among British historians sheds new light on the people who fought and died during those tumultuous years. Like the Magna Carta or the American Revolution, the English Civil War concerned fundamental questions of sovereignty and political rights that are still the guiding principles of democracies today. But the political revolutions came at a price: the execution of a king, brutal persecution of Catholics and Royalists, and years of tyranny. Drawing on exciting new sources, including letters, memoirs, ballads, plays, illustrations, and even cookbooks, Diane Purkiss creates a portrait of this turbulent era."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0465067573 (pbk.)
9780465067572 (pbk.)
0465067565
9780465067565

OCLC:

(OCoLC)69021101

LCCN:

2006047610

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

WMPC185 -- Marcus Public Library (Marcus) — 942.06 Pur

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)