The Century of Revolution, 1603-1714Nelson, 1980 - 296 sider There is an immense range of books about the English Civil War, but one historian stands head and shoulders above all others for the quality of his work on the subject. In 1961 Christopher Hill first published what has come to be acknowledged as the best concise history of the period, Century of Revolution. Stimulating, vivid and provocative, his graphic depiction of the turbulent era examines ordinary English men and women as well as kings and queens. |
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Side 50
... Papists were mainly Royalists in the Civil War . The queens of both James and Charles were Catholic , and espe- cially in the latter's reign there were numerous conversions of politically important figures - Buckingham's mother , Lord ...
... Papists were mainly Royalists in the Civil War . The queens of both James and Charles were Catholic , and espe- cially in the latter's reign there were numerous conversions of politically important figures - Buckingham's mother , Lord ...
Side 148
... Papists . For this the reasons were largely political . Papists were regarded as agents of a foreign power . Many of them had supported Charles in the Civil War , and after the capture of the King's papers at Naseby he was known to have ...
... Papists . For this the reasons were largely political . Papists were regarded as agents of a foreign power . Many of them had supported Charles in the Civil War , and after the capture of the King's papers at Naseby he was known to have ...
Side 202
... Papists , whether it was the burning of the Marian martyrs , the Spanish Inquisition , the ill - treatment of American Indians by Spaniards , Gunpowder Plot , or the Irish massacres of 1641. Nor is it to the discredit of English ...
... Papists , whether it was the burning of the Marian martyrs , the Spanish Inquisition , the ill - treatment of American Indians by Spaniards , Gunpowder Plot , or the Irish massacres of 1641. Nor is it to the discredit of English ...
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