Oliver Cromwell: New Perspectives

by Patrick Little

Overview

Little integrates the latest research from younger and established scholars to provide a new evaluation and 'biography' of Cromwell. The book challenges received wisdom about Cromwell's rise to power, his political and religious beliefs, his relationship with various communities across the British Isles and his role as Lord Protector.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350306936
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	11/24/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	713 KB

About the Author

PATRICK LITTLE is Senior Research Officer at the History of Parliament Trust, UK. His publications include Lord Broghill and the Cromwellian Union with Ireland and Scotland and (with David L. Smith) Parliament and Politics during the Cromwellian Protectorate.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1636: The Unmaking of Oliver Cromwell?; S.Healy
'One That Would Sit Well At the Mark: The Early Parliamentary Career of Oliver Cromwell; S.K.Roberts
'Lord of the Fens': Oliver Cromwell's Reputation and the First Civil War; S.L.Sadler
'A Despicable Contemptible Generation of Men'?: Cromwell and The Levellers; P.Baker
Cromwell in Ireland Before 1649; P.Little
Oliver Cromwell and the Solemn Leagueand Covenant of the Three Kingdoms; K.MacKenzie
Oliver Cromwell (alias William) and Wales; L.Bowen
The Lord Protector's Servants and Courtiers; A.Barclay
John Thurloe and the Offer of the Crown to Cromwell; P.Little
'Fit for Public Services'; The Upbringing of Richard Cromwell; J.Peacey
Index.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

This is a collection of essays that are startlingly fresh in their judgements: it presents a whole series of challenges to the entrenched view of Cromwell as a man driven by religious zeal and little else.' – John Morrill FBA, Professor of British and Irish History, University of Cambridge

'This book ... contains many useful insights into his [Cromwell's] character and how contemporaries saw him.' – Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research

Editorial Reviews

"This is an excellent contribution to Cromwellian biographical pointillism: it demonstrates clearly that the Cromwell scholarship is a dynamic and living entity. It presents us in so many ways with New Model Cromwell."
- Martyn Bennett, Professor of Early Modern History, Nottingham Trent University


"This is an excellent contribution to Cromwellian biographical pointillism: it demonstrates clearly that the Cromwell scholarship is a dynamic and living entity. It presents us in so many ways with New Model Cromwell."
- Martyn Bennett, Professor of Early Modern History, Nottingham Trent University

"This is an excellent contribution to Cromwellian biographical pointillism: it demonstrates clearly that the Cromwell scholarship is a dynamic and living entity. It presents us in so many ways with New Model Cromwell."
- Martyn Bennett, Professor of Early Modern History, Nottingham Trent University

From the Publisher