Parliaments and Politics during the Cromwellian Protectorate (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History) - Softcover

Little, Patrick; Smith, David L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521123097 ISBN 13: 9780521123099

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This volume provides a detailed book-length study of the period of the Protectorate Parliaments from September 1654 to April 1659. The study is very broad in its scope, covering topics as diverse as the British and Irish dimensions of the Protectorate Parliaments, the political and social nature of factions, problems of management, the legal and judicial aspects of Parliament's functions, foreign policy and the nature of the parliamentary franchise and elections in this period. In its wide-ranging analysis of Parliaments and politics throughout the Protectorate the book also examines both Lord Protectors, all three Protectorate Parliaments and the reasons why Oliver and Richard Cromwell were never able to achieve a stable working relationship with any Parliament. Its chronological coverage extends to the demise of the Third Protectorate Parliament in April 1659. This comprehensive account will appeal to historians of early modern British political history.

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Book Description

This is a detailed book-length study of the period of the Cromwellian Protectorate from December 1653 to its demise in May 1659. It provides a wide-ranging analysis of Parliaments and politics throughout the Protectorate which will appeal to historians of early modern British political history.

About the Author

David L. Smith is Fellow and Director of Studies in History at Selwyn College, Cambridge. Patrick Little is Senior Research Fellow at the History of Parliament Trust, London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521123097
• ISBN 13: 9780521123099
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360