The debate on the English Revolution

R. C Richardson

ISBN 10: 0416817602 / ISBN 13: 9780416817607

Published by Methuen, 1977

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Synopsis:

This firmly established essential guide to the literature in the field appears here in a much revised third edition. New chapters are included on twentieth-century historians’ treatments of social complexities, politics, political culture and revisionism, and on the Revolution’s unstoppable reverberations. All the other chapters have been amended and recast to take account of recent publications. The book provides a searching re-examination of why the English Revolution remains such a provocatively controversial subject and analyzes the different ways in which historians over the last three centuries have tried to explain its causes, course and consequences. Clarendon, Hume, Macaulay, Gardiner, Tawney, Hill, and the present-day revisionists are given extended treatment, while discussion of the work of numerous other historians is integrated into a coherent, informative and immensely readable survey.

About the Author:
R. C. Richardson is Head of History at King Alfred's University College, Winchester. His most recent publications are Images of Oliver Cromwell (1993) and The English Civil War: Local Aspects (1997)

Bibliographic Details

Title: The debate on the English Revolution
Publisher: Methuen
Publication Date: 1977
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket