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Charles I and the People of England
David Cressy
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Description for Charles I and the People of England
Hardcover. The story of the reign of Charles I - through the lives of his people. Prize-winning historian David Cressy re-creates the broadest possible panorama of early Stuart England, as it slipped from complacency to revolution Num Pages: 464 pages, 12 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 43. Weight in Grams: 818.
The story of the reign of Charles I - through the lives of his people. Prize-winning historian David Cressy mines the widest range of archival and printed sources, including ballads, sermons, speeches, letters, diaries, petitions, proclamations, and the proceedings of secular and ecclesiastical courts, to explore the aspirations and expectations not only of the king and his followers, but also the unruly energies of many of his subjects, showing how royal authority was constituted, in peace and in war - and how it began to fall apart. A blend of micro-historical analysis and constitutional theory, parish ... Read more
The story of the reign of Charles I - through the lives of his people. Prize-winning historian David Cressy mines the widest range of archival and printed sources, including ballads, sermons, speeches, letters, diaries, petitions, proclamations, and the proceedings of secular and ecclesiastical courts, to explore the aspirations and expectations not only of the king and his followers, but also the unruly energies of many of his subjects, showing how royal authority was constituted, in peace and in war - and how it began to fall apart. A blend of micro-historical analysis and constitutional theory, parish ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
824g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198708292
SKU
V9780198708292
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About David Cressy
David Cressy was born in England and educated at Cambridge, but built his career in the United States. He has taught at colleges and universities in California, Ohio, and New Mexico, and has won numerous fellowships and awards. His work is driven by curiosity about the relationships of central and local authority, elite and popular culture, official and unofficial religion, ... Read more
Reviews for Charles I and the People of England
An invaluable case study in the evolution of historical scholarship, popular memory, and national mythology.
Renaissance Quarterly
Cressy is the author of several delightful books on the social history of Tudor and Stuart England that draw on curious material buried in the archives
Tony Barber, Books of the Year 2015: Best Books 2015 History, Financial Times
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Renaissance Quarterly
Cressy is the author of several delightful books on the social history of Tudor and Stuart England that draw on curious material buried in the archives
Tony Barber, Books of the Year 2015: Best Books 2015 History, Financial Times
... Read more